group life

Canada Life has said it sees significant growth opportunities in group risk and plans to use new media to market the sector.

Ellipse has launched a tool to aid advisers and scheme founders to establish their own trust and complete the HMRC registration process.

Friends Life has re-launched its group protection proposition which integrates the previous Bupa Health Assurance and Friends Provident offerings.

Some providers are increasingly targeting workplace and employer based routes to market. Is this going to become more common and should advisers be doing more in this area?

Aviva has called on the government to offer incentives to employers who offer workplace health and rehabilitation services to address sickness absence.

Employers underestimate the importance of the benefits they offer staff after new research revealed half of employees would move jobs for better benefits.

The group risk market has begun to recover from the effects of recession although income protection is still in decline, according to Swiss Re.

There has been much to smile about this year in the group life market, but as Owain Thomas discovers, there is still one problem that could see advisers on the hook for millions of pounds in uninsured liabilities

NEST (the National Employment Savings Trust) could open the door to expansion of the group life market, according to new research.

Advisers could be on the hook for millions of pounds in uninsured losses if they fail to act on the imminent A-day deadline, according to a specialist group risk intermediary.