Group Protection

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

Britons recognise the benefits of being in work and support GPs in deciding when they should return to work, according to new research.

Employees do not understand the value of their employee benefits package while many under-25s ignore it altogether, according to research.

Friends Life has re-launched its group protection proposition which integrates the previous Bupa Health Assurance and Friends Provident offerings.

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.

Legal & General has revealed it paid £31.3m in group income protection (GIP) claims last year with 60% of people returning to work in less than six months.

Nearly a quarter of employees feel a major impact when colleagues are absent, Aviva UK Health research has shown.

Businesses are seeing budgets stretched in many ways, but, as Owain Thomas found, advisers who are creative with solutions could produce a windfall for themselves in the group critical illness market

Employers should make changes to their group income protection policies following the abolition of the default retirement age and increases in state pension ages, Legal & General is to warn.

With the advent of consultant charging, group risk offers a valuable opportunity for advisory firms to achieve significant additional income, research has found.