employee benefits

Regulation

Damian Green named work and pensions secretary

Stephen Crabb resigned from the cabinet

clock 14 July 2016 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

GRiD makes two appointments to bolster board of directors

Group Risk Development (GRiD) has made two senior appointments to its board of directors.

clock 13 July 2016 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

Mercer launches GP smartphone app with babylon

Mercer has partnered with babylon to provide access to GP and specialist consultations through a smartphone app or online.

clock 07 July 2016 • 1 min read

PMI

SimplyHealth saleswoman sentenced for £31k PMI commission scam

An insurance saleswoman employed by SimplyHealth has been sentenced after she deliberately mis-sold large numbers of corporate health plan policies in a £31,500 commission scam.

clock 27 June 2016 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Poor communication of protection benefits 'self-defeating' - GRiD

Employers could be wasting an opportunity to get value from their Group Risk benefits by not effectively communicating them to staff, according to research from Group Risk Development (GRiD).

clock 21 June 2016 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Mental wellbeing and the true value of insurance

LV='s Justin Harper highlights that it is currently Mental Health Awareness Week and discusses the value of income protection for mental health claimants.

clock 17 May 2016 • 3 min read

Employee Benefits

ECIS: 84% rise in cancer treatment costs for tradespeople

The cost of health insurance claims for cancer treatment among contractors and tradespeople has increased by 84% since 2012 according to ECIS.

clock 20 April 2016 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Health insurance grows in popularity among UK workers

Health insurance is growing in popularity among workers overtaking life insurance and recapturing second spot in the 2016 Willis PMI Group Employee Benefits Index.

clock 20 April 2016 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

Half of employees say stress isn't 'real'

Almost half of UK employees whose colleagues have taken time off work due to stress think it's not real according to research from Westfield Health.

clock 18 April 2016 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Healthcare sector loses the most days in poor productivity

High stress and a lack of physical activity are causing employees in the healthcare sector to lose nearly 27 days a year in lost productivity on average.

clock 11 April 2016 • 3 min read