Swiss Re Group Watch: Group protection grows by 4.5%

This is an increase of 4.5% on the previous year, and takes the number of people covered by group schemes to over 12 million. Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager at Swiss Re and author of the report  [pictured] said: "This year's results paint a very positive picture at a difficult time for the UK economy. "The stand-out figures in the data show the increase in Excepted Group Life cover and there are other good signals too, including a reverse in the decline of [group income protection] i policies. This is particularly relevant with the spotlight in the DWP and DH Green Paper publish...