Group Protection

Intermediaries are overwhelmingly (91%) in favour of commission options in the group insurance market, Canada Life Group Insurance has said.

Unum is challenging six UK bloggers to live on Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for one week to highlight the importance of workers protecting their income.

Aviva has appointed new director for health and group risk at its UK business.

Some providers are increasingly targeting workplace and employer based routes to market. Is this going to become more common and should advisers be doing more in this area?

Government and the protection industry must seize this window of opportunity if the welfare reform agenda is to succeed, a Group Risk Development (Grid) roundtable has concluded.

Health and wellbeing for employees has a direct impact on loyalty in the workplace, according to new research.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will not provide a gateway to the selling of protection products, according to think tank Reform.

A third (33%) of UK households could not cope financially if they lost their main income yet only 7% of the population has income protection (IP), according to research.

Early intervention on employee absence can markedly increased return to work rates, according to Legal & General.

As stress takes its toll, 33% of public sector employers said their average employee takes more than five days off sick per year, compared to 15.9% in the private sector.