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The CII has added a level-4 protection module to its Cert CII (Health and Protection) qualification.

Employers closing Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes should revisit their sickness provision to avoid a costly ‘protection gap', warns Group Risk Development (GRiD.)

Swiss Re has said the industry is "getting it right" following strong in-force group risk premium growth figures in its Group Watch 2013.

Nicola Culley asks if the introduction of auto-enrolment will deliver new business to the group life market or if employers burdened by the extra costs will cut back.

Over four in five employers (82%) now pro-actively record, monitor and manage absence, according to Group Risk Development (GRiD).

Mental health is now the biggest cause of claim in group risk markets. Katharine Moxham outlines the scale of the problem.

The ageing workforce is creating absence management issues for employers unaware of an exemption which can keep overall protection costs down, Group Risk Development (GRiD) has found.

Think-tank Demos has called on bosses to offer employees income protection (IP) schemes this Christmas to boost morale and productivity.

Employers have been up spending on benefits in spite of auto-enrolment costs, Group Risk Development (GRiD) has reported.

Employers need advice on prevention of mental health issues to sit alongside group cover, a group risk industry body said at an Association of British Insurer (ABI) briefing this morning.