Term Assurance
UK Group life and IP shrink as CI grows - Swiss Re
The group life and long-term disability markets shrank last year according to Swiss-Re.
LV= cuts term assurance prices
LV= is cutting premiums for its higher sum term assurance products.
Aviva increases group life free cover limits
Aviva has announced an increase in its maximum free cover limits for group life policies.
L&G joins All Net international network
Legal and General has joined the All Net network as its UK partner.
Staff will swap pay cuts for employee benefits - Friends Prov
Employees value the support of workplace benefits during the current economic climate, new research from Friends Provident says.
GRiD raises concerns over Retirement age review
The group risk industry has warned that Government plans to fast-track a review of the UK retirement age could lead to significant problems and expense for providers and clients if not undertaken correctly.
Aviva adds to group risk benefits
Aviva has made a number of enhancements to its group risk products.
Aon: workers unaware of benefits
Most employers have failed to make workers aware that they have life cover as part of their benefits package, according to Aon Consulting.
Canada Life Group Insurance to enhance CLASS
Canada Life Group Insurance has announced further enhancements to the CLASS (Canada Life Automated Self Service) system, based on feedback from CLASS users.
Aviva introduces Tele-underwriting
Aviva has announced the introduction of a new tele-interview underwriting approach for Group Risk customers.
It pays to care
Life cover for high earners - are senior employees and their beneficiaries at risk, asks David Pugh
Canada Life unveils one-time underwriting on group life
Canada Life Group Insurance has introduced a one-time underwriting policy on its group life schemes.
Providing for the future
Ian Dyall, Steve Hamp and Jeremy Pearson take a look at the effect prevailing economic conditions have on IHT planning and how clients are reacting
Out on a slippery slope?
Business protection
Canada Life expands group life cover level
Canada Life Group Insurance is increasing its group life product's free cover level (FCL), removing the need for medical underwriting for many members.
Tailored to fit
Helen Morrissey talks to a panel of experts about the challenges and prospects facing the annuity market
Case study
Ruth is an HR manager for a brewery in Glasgow that employs 149 people. Having attended a conference on employee benefits, she is now looking to take out some form of staff protection which she hopes will act as an incentive when hiring new employees....
Making the right choice
Helen Morrissey talks to a panel of experts about the options available to people when they reach retirement
SIPP Roundtable: Defining SIPP
Helen Morrissey talks to a panel of experts about the challenges and prospects for the SIPP market going forward
Royal London new life and pensions sales fall 1%
Royal London's total new like-for-like life and pensions sales fell 1% to £1,494m for the nine months to September 30 compared to £1,504m for the same period last year.
Unum revamps group life proposition
Group income protection provider Unum is set to introduce a raft of new features to its Group Life proposition as part of an ongoing review.
Golden opportunity
business protection
Group pensions hamper Scot Life new business
Scottish Life new pensions business has fallen 9% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2006, following a slump in the group pensions sector.
Enter the arena
In a seemingly indifferent group life market, with insurers failing to live up to expectations, will this sector ever succeed to impress? Lucy Quinton reports Click here to download pdf
