Four in five with cancer remain in work through vocational rehabilitation

Income protection (IP) customers are typically offered VR if an insurer believes it will support a "positive" work outcome, the ABI noted. The association surveyed 16,365 people who accessed insurer-provided VR between 2019 to 2021 and found that 70% of over 50s who were absent from work due to cancer were supported back to work, while 11% were supported to stay in work. However, none of the respondents aged between 16-24 with cancer stayed in work after VR support, although 85% did return to work, the ‘Closing the evidence gap: how insurance supported good health and productivity' re...