Group Protection

Doctors have branded fit notes a success in helping people return to work but believe it has not improved advice to patients and that more local services are needed to support returning to work.

Canada Life and AXA PPP have respectively hired Sue Grene and Elliott Hurst to senior positions.

MPs have launched an enquiry into the migration from Incapacity Benefits to Employment Support Allowance (ESA), including the Work Capability Assessment (WCA).

Advisers could be on the hook for millions of pounds in uninsured losses if they fail to act on the imminent A-day deadline, according to a specialist group risk intermediary.

The government is aware a considerable expansion in the group income protection market (GIP) is one option for its review of the welfare and sickness absence system.

Legal & General has launched a new administration system for the Group Protection market.

Life cover for women could rise by up to 30% after the announcement of a new tax structure for protection products and other recent industry developments, according to RGA.

The Protection Review is to launch low cost generic protection training for IFAs this year.

British workers are among the worst protected among their peers in the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and government incentives should address it, according to a new report.

Defaqto has called the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling to ban gender based pricing as "probably the biggest change to affect the life and protection industry for a long time."