group risk
Employee Benefits
Swiss Re's annual Group Watch report has shown 'positive signs' for the UK group risk market in 2016, with the number of new members covered by group risk policies increasing by almost 520,000 more people.
12 April 2017
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3 min read
Employee Benefits
When the HMRC consultation was launched on 10/08/16 with a closing date of 19/10/16, good and bad things emerged as a result of the industry's focus on this area of work, writes Paul Avis.
24 March 2017
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4 min read
Employee Benefits
The overall level of economic waste, currently £109 bn per year [1], from long term disability and short term sickness absence is unacceptable and is damaging for our economy and society writes John Ritchie.
20 March 2017
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8 min read
Employee Benefits
Ensuring value for money in the world of employee benefits is inherently important to employers, and will become increasingly so now the government has changed its approach on salary sacrifice. Making the most of the benefits already in place is going...
07 March 2017
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4 min read
Employee Benefits
Employees in open plan offices are most likely to have unhealthy behaviours at work that are common contributors to many types of cancer, according to Canada Life Group Insurance.
21 February 2017
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4 min read
Employee Benefits
Ellipse is now covering cohabitant partners of employees opting for spouse cover as part of a raft of changes on the insurer's group critical illness (group CI) product.
21 February 2017
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has called for an auto-enrolment style scheme for group income protection (GIP) in its Green Paper response.
17 February 2017
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
Financial wellbeing should be top of the corporate agenda as one in three employees report feeling 'distracted by money worries', according to a major report.
07 February 2017
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2 min read
Employee Benefits
Lockton is bolstering its international employee benefits hub in anticipation of further growth, with the hire of Tom Laidler who joins as senior consultant in the London-based team.
17 January 2017
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
Aviva has enhanced its Group Critical Illness (GCIC) policy, including cover for child-specific illnesses - which they describe as "a first in the UK."
15 January 2017
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3 min read
