Group Protection

Jelf has warned that many of the key recommendations of the Sickness Absence Review are unlikely to ever be realised and called its decision to ignore income protection (IP) as ‘madness'.

The imminent introduction of auto-enrolment looks set to trigger increased investment in employee benefits, according to research from Group Risk Development (Grid).

Absence management procedures have not kept pace with technology and the way Britain works, resulting in serious welfare, management and productivity issues, a new report has said.

Ellipse has entered the group income protection (GIP) market with the launch of its InteractPlus product which includes an integrated absence management system.

Canada Life has revealed that almost half of its small scheme new business is being done online.

Friends Life has made two senior protection appointments including poaching Ageas' head of sales.

Mental health claims are growing and now make up a third of all those received on group income protection (GIP) policies, according to Legal & General.

Workplace stress has reached a four-year high with British workers being the most stressed compared to colleagues in some of the world's biggest economies, a new report has found.

Businesses and government need to issue a "clear and consistent message from the top that work is good for you", the co-author of the Sickness Absence Review has said.

The government is seeking to cut half a million people from the disability benefits list when the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is introduced.