Group Protection

More than a quarter of private sector employers are looking to reduce employee benefit costs by cutting holiday entitlement for staff, according to new research.

The team leading the government's sickness absence review has said it is keen to learn what the insurance industry can offer to improve the current management of absence.

Intermediaries are overwhelmingly (91%) in favour of commission options in the group insurance market, Canada Life Group Insurance has said.

Unum is challenging six UK bloggers to live on Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for one week to highlight the importance of workers protecting their income.

Aviva has appointed new director for health and group risk at its UK business.

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?

Government and the protection industry must seize this window of opportunity if the welfare reform agenda is to succeed, a Group Risk Development (Grid) roundtable has concluded.

Health and wellbeing for employees has a direct impact on loyalty in the workplace, according to new research.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will not provide a gateway to the selling of protection products, according to think tank Reform.

A third (33%) of UK households could not cope financially if they lost their main income yet only 7% of the population has income protection (IP), according to research.