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Govt confirms plans to raise minimum pension age to 57

Legislated for “in due course”

  • Regulation
  • 04 September 2020
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Govt. issues return to work guidance for employers

‘COVID-19 secure’ steps

  • Employee Benefits
  • 12 May 2020
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Bereaved parents to be granted two weeks leave

The Parental Bereavement Act

  • Regulation
  • 28 January 2020
'Spend taxes on funerals', Cost of Dying report urges
'Spend taxes on funerals', Cost of Dying report urges

Basic funeral costs £4,271

  • Regulation
  • 17 September 2019
Statutory sick pay set for overhaul - industry reaction
Statutory sick pay set for overhaul - industry reaction

Lower earnings threshold

  • Regulation
  • 15 July 2019
Govt.'s 'Good Work Plan' includes sick pay entitlement
Govt.'s 'Good Work Plan' includes sick pay entitlement

Mandatory written statement of workers' rights

  • Group Protection
  • 19 December 2018
Building Resilient Households plans Universal Credit response
Building Resilient Households plans Universal Credit response

Lobbying group wants means-testing exemption for financial protection claims added to Resolution Foundation recommendations on Universal Credit migration

  • Regulation
  • 06 September 2018
Katharine Moxham: Ready to respond?
Katharine Moxham: Ready to respond?

With a BEIS consultation ongoing, GRiD's Katharine Moxham issues a rallying call for group income protection

  • Income Protection
  • 09 May 2018
41% of employers unprepared for new HMRC tax rules
41% of employers unprepared for new HMRC tax rules

Companies have one month to prepare for new regulations coming into force in April

  • Employee Benefits
  • 06 March 2018
Govt sets out new rules on Funeral Expenses Payments
Govt sets out new rules on Funeral Expenses Payments

The government has announced several changes to the eligibility conditions relating to the social fund funeral expenses payments scheme that will take effect from 2 April.

  • Individual Protection
  • 23 January 2018
Updated: Mental health costs employers up to £42bn a year, report finds
Updated: Mental health costs employers up to £42bn a year, report finds

Cost to economy is up to £99bn

  • Individual Protection
  • 30 October 2017
British Heart Foundation speaking as charity partner at tomorrow's COVER Protection and Health Summit 2017
British Heart Foundation speaking as charity partner at tomorrow's COVER Protection and Health Summit 2017

The COVER Protection and Health Summit 2017 takes place on Wednesday 4th October - sign up now to avoid missing out.

  • Income Protection
  • 03 October 2017
The party manifestos: A summary for COVER readers
The party manifestos: A summary for COVER readers

Richard Walsh analyses what the political party manifestos set out for social care, welfare reform, health and insurance ahead of the General Election.

  • Individual Protection
  • 02 June 2017
MPs launch plan to support 1m disabled people into work
MPs launch plan to support 1m disabled people into work

An investigation by MPs and peers is offering the government a plan to support a million disabled people into work.

  • Regulation
  • 08 December 2016
DWP scraps ESA benefit retests for the chronically ill
DWP scraps ESA benefit retests for the chronically ill

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced it will scrap retesting of chronically ill patients who are claiming ESA.

  • Income Protection
  • 03 October 2016
Insurance industry to descend on political conference season

Representatives from the insurance sector will be attending the political conference season to discuss the issues facing the industry, such as the upcoming increase in Insurance Premium Tax and trying to ensure that compensation payouts are not swallowed...

  • Insurer
  • 25 September 2015
Health Shield will absorb cost of IPT increase

Health Shield has announced that it will absorb the impact of the increase in the insurance premium tax (IPT) for members until the end of 2016.

  • Cashplans
  • 30 July 2015
Call for £9bn NHS transformation fund to make savings

Two think tanks have called for the NHS to have a transformation fund, at a cost of £9.4bn to help it improve efficiency and develop new models of care.

  • PMI
  • 22 July 2015
Govt delays care cap until 2020

The government's plans to cap care costs will be delayed until 2020, the government has revealed.

  • Long Term Care
  • 17 July 2015
Social care funding warning from white paper

Social care budget reductions could lead to rising levels of unmet need a white paper from the International Longevity Centre-UK's Centre for Later Life funding has warned.

  • Long Term Care
  • 26 June 2015
DWP must learn 'hard lessons' on welfare reform - NAO

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) must use lessons from its recent welfare reforms to improve how it handles change, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said in a report.

  • Income Protection
  • 29 May 2015
Pensions minister Steve Webb loses seat to Conservatives

Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb, who has served as pensions minister for the last five years, has lost his parliamentary seat.

  • Regulation
  • 08 May 2015
Scrapping of APR under consideration

The scrapping of the approved persons regime, (APR), will be considered by the government's Fair and Effective Markets Review, it has been announced

  • Regulation
  • 20 March 2015
UK needs 'minister for financial health' - FIC

The Financial Inclusion Commission (FIC) has called for a minister for financial health to lead on financial inclusion and capability.

  • Group Protection
  • 11 March 2015
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