Welfare reform
Income Protection
MPs have launched an enquiry into the migration from Incapacity Benefits to Employment Support Allowance (ESA), including the Work Capability Assessment (WCA).
31 March 2011
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Income Protection
The government is aware a considerable expansion in the group income protection market (GIP) is one option for its review of the welfare and sickness absence system.
29 March 2011
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2 min read
Individual Protection
LifeSearch has called on the ABI and Treasury to halt the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) "ignorant" ruling to ban gender-based underwriting.
03 March 2011
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2 min read
Individual Protection
LifeSearch has revealed it arranged £4bn worth of cover and saw a 10% increase in the number of under 35-year-olds who took out protection products last year.
22 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Unum has warned that the Welfare Reform Bill will mean benefits are harder to come by while the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) claims reforms are unfair to the sick.
18 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Disability campaigners have hit back at government plans that will see banks pay less than disabled people to cut the national deficit.
17 February 2011
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2 min read
Group Protection
The Government has announced an independent review into sickness absence in the workplace.
17 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
A third of incapacity benefit (IB) recipients being reassessed for Employment and Support Allowance are being found too sick to work at all, according to government statistics.
11 February 2011
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1 min read
Income Protection
Cancer sufferers awaiting chemotherapy and those between courses will now be treated the same as patients already receiving treatment when claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
10 February 2011
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1 min read
Income Protection
Employees do not understand the level of financial support they would be entitled to if they were unable to work due to sickness, new research has revealed.
02 February 2011
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2 min read
