Group Protection

Friends Life's protection team will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support by taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on 30 June.

Canada Life Group Insurance has added an additional Best Doctors service as part of its Group Income Protection (GIP) and Group Critical Illness (GCI) products.

The ABI has been consulting with medical professionals to re-word its heart attack definition.

Employees should be encouraged to lead healthy lives through workplace initiatives, Canada Life has said.

Mercer Employee Benefits is to defend itself at the High Court later this year after a hotel group filed a £250,000 claim for breach of contract.

Protection and health advisers wanting a report outlining peers' views on provider service and products can get one free by filling in this years' COVER 360 survey.

CFC has launched an excess underwriting capability.

UK businesses have been spending £620,000 every year on long-term employee sick leave, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has found.

MetLife has bumped up its group life protection with a bereavement and probate service.

With a background in general insurance, Darren Spriggs brings a fresh perspective to the protection arena. Paul Robertson interviews the new MD of Ageas Protect.