Group protection

Health Assured joins group risk industry body

EAP and wellbeing provider, Health Assured has joined group risk industry body GRiD. GRiD represents...

Mental health support for young people highlighted by protection body

As today's World Mental Health Day focuses on the needs of young people this year,...

Group income protection can encourage better mental health

Despite a greater awareness of the issues surrounding mental health, the topic still has...

SME owners worry about employee protection gap

63% of SME bosses fear their staff face a benefits protection gap in comparison...

L&G unveils online broker group protection platform

Legal & General has launched a new digital broker platform that delivers greater efficiency...

L&G unveils new employer benefits hub

Legal & General has announced the launch of its new benefits hub, designed to...

Right Mortgage and Protection Network partners with Canada Life

Canada Life Individual Protection is now available to members of the Right Mortgage &...

L&G reveals 2017 group protection claim figures

Legal & General paid 2,614 group protection claims in 2017. The claims were worth a...

Group risk benefits “shouldn’t exacerbate gender pay differences”

Group Risk Development (GRiD), the industry body for the group risk protection sector, is...

SolutionBuilder offers risk & mortgage protection report

iPipeline has announced its latest update to SolutionBuilder, its research, quote and application solution for...

iPipeline sees 31% rise in new business protection applications

iPipeline has reported a 31% increase in the number of completed new business protection...

97% of all protection claims paid in 2016

Latest figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group Risk Development (GRiD)...

L&G reveals 2016 protection payout figures

Legal & General paid 2,949 group protection claims worth a total of £264m in...

Strong employee demand for group IP

Legal & General has found that employers overestimate the cost of Group Income Protection...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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