Income Protection

Unum has become the second insurer to use ITV's Downton Abbey to promote the importance of income protection (IP).

Employers are recognising the importance of a healthy workforce while employees have admitted they would work harder for one who invests in their health.

The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has produced a ‘myth buster' factsheet issuing a stark warning for potential future claimants about the realities of the impending welfare reforms.

Just one quarter of people in employment prior to successfully claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) had returned to work 18 months later, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has found.

Ellipse has welcomed Dame Carol Black's pledge to press government for the removal of tax hurdles that prevent companies taking out employee health and absence management services.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants are the most dissatisfied with their service from the Job Centre, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Living on state benefits would require significant lifestyle changes for those found too sick to work compared to being employed, a team of bloggers has found.

More than 11,000 benefit sanctions were imposed on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants between June last year and the end of May.

Fifty charities have hit out at the government for using ‘dangerously misleading' benefit claims statistics that are contributing to hatred towards disabled people.

Only a quarter (24%) of people applying for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are found sick or disabled enough to be awarded the benefit, according to latest government statistics.