Group Protection

Legal and General has been challenging employers to do more about mental health in the workplace following a visit from Labour party leader Ed Miliband.

Exeter Family Friendly has made its income protection available through Capita Financial Software's adviser portal Webline.

The FSA recently responded to a provider letter airing concerns about advisers filling out medical disclosure applications. Should it be the adviser's job to exercise the necessary medical expertise? And how evolved are insurer systems to accurately capture...

Ellipse has introduced a service reducing the time it takes to produce policy accounts to a matter of minutes.

Friends Life has announced enhancements to its Group Income Protection (Group IP) policy.

So, we are in political party conference season. This always coincides with reports from think tanks seeking to explore difficult issues we face. Every now and then a report comes along which is likely to have an important influence on economic policy...

No longer just an insured benefit, group IP is making waves with a range of additional features and is set to benefit from auto-enrolment and changes to the default retirement age. Nicola Culley finds out why it could be a gold mine for advisers.

PruProtect has announced its gender pipeline strategy with two deadline dates and an improved application system.

Some of the categories were very tight for this year's COVER awards. Others were new entrants to some categories; particularly notable in the healthcare sector.

Many insurers cite ‘early intervention' as key to improving long term absence outcomes and improving the claims experience of group income protection (GIP) policies.