Group protection

GRiD updates Statement of Best Practice for Supplier Agreements

GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector, has revised, improved, and relaunched...

Towergate Health & Protection appoints BDM for group risk

Towergate Health & Protection has announced the appointment of Diane Whalley as business development...

AIG Life expands Smart Health umbrella

AIG Life has improved its wellbeing services to give employees and their families even...

Legal & General Group Protection updates critical illness definitions

Legal & General Group Protection has updated its Group critical illness cover (CIC) definitions...

Financial support most important factor when deciding who to work for

When comparing the four 'pillars' of employee health and wellbeing support - financial, physical,...

L&G Wellbeing Advisory Board unveils new cost of living guide

Legal & General Group Protection’s Wellbeing Advisory Board has launched a new cost of...

SME cost pressure is leading concern for workplace advisers

55% of workplace protection advisers have cited cost pressures on SMEs as their top...

Canada Life offers mental wellbeing app

Canada Life has launched myStrength, a mental wellbeing app that offers a bespoke service...

YuLife joins Paradigm Protect panel

Paradigm Protect has added group insurance specialist, YuLife, to its panel. YuLife provide a range...

Most employers concerned about cost-of-living impact on employees

92% of employers are concerned about how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting their employees,...

Opportunity for intermediaries to help SMEs with wellbeing

New research shows that now is an optimum time for intermediaries to talk to...

Towergate Health & Protection grows group risk team

Towergate Health & Protection has welcomed two new group risk consultants, Rob Joyce and...

Group risk industry pays out record amount in claims

Employers utilised group risk protection to provide financial support to a huge number of...

Legal & General Group Protection partners with CONNECTPlus

Legal & General Group Protection has partnered with long-term condition management support service CONNECTPlus,...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

First-time buyer affordability remains strained despite narrowing house price gap

Only 12.1% of potential first-time buyers can afford the average starter home in their...

Royal London targets GP report delays with digital service

Royal London is expanding its use of digital medical evidence in an effort to...

Equifinance names Jackie Burchill as lending operations director

Equifinance has appointed Jackie Burchill as director of lending operations as the second charge...

House price-to-income ratio falls to 11-year low as mortgage costs rise

The gap between UK house prices and earnings has narrowed to its lowest level...

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