Group Protection

GPs routinely see patients dismissed from their job during illness, as employers struggle with workplace health and absence, legal & General (L&G) has found.

There has been much to smile about this year in the group life market, but as Owain Thomas discovers, there is still one problem that could see advisers on the hook for millions of pounds in uninsured liabilities

NEST (the National Employment Savings Trust) could open the door to expansion of the group life market, according to new research.

Legal & General has become the first non mutual of 2011 to publish its income protection (IP) claims data.

Over half of middle income households are vulnerable to losing their primary income, according new research.

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.