Group Protection

Bright Grey says it paid 95% of critical illness (CI) claims in the first six months of the year, its strongest claims paid figures to date.

Legal & General has applauded the "laudable ambitions" of today's 21st Century Welfare consultation paper and believes the protection industry is the perfect partner to assist the Government in welfare reform.

Benefit claimants currently too sick to work could face losing their payments if they do not go back into employment.

A single state benefit could be moving a step nearer today with the publication of a consultation paper on the future of the welfare state.

Friends Provident has produced a guide for employers aimed at helping to reduce absence in the workplace and the estimated £26bn a year cost to British business.

Protection providers Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have suffered significant drops in sales over the first half of the year.

People being assessed for their ability to work are overwhelmingly being found fit and able to look for a job, according to new figures out today.

Government legislation to restrict unhealthy behaviours like smoking, drinking alcohol and eating fatty foods is inevitable if we are to retain a free NHS, according to a new report.

Employers are "misguided" and could be contributing to health problems for their workforce by encouraging workers to bond down the pub, says a new study.

Claims against life and pensions intermediaries fell by a quarter last year according to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).