The outlook for the group risk and healthcare industries is buoyant for 2021, despite the ongoing challenges presented by the Covid pandemic. Delegates at Corporate Adviser’s Workplace Protection and Wellbeing Conference retained...
The Government’s response to the ‘Health is everyone’s business’ consultation paper is expected shortly, and should contain proposals to reform statutory sick pay according the Jennifer Heigham, head of delivery of the...
The Covid pandemic is likely to increase the cost of group income protection policies for employers due to rising cases of mental ill-health and potential problems with long covid. This was the...
In theory, Covid-19 has made business focus on the basic needs of its people: salary, benefits, health and wellbeing. In practice, as our latest research shows, SME employers in particular might need...
The fear of ever-expanding regulation and the prospect of big bills for helping staff with financial matters has had a freezing impact on employers offering retirement guidance to their people. Punter Southall...
More than one in four employers say employees have left their workplace pension scheme as a result of the Covid pandemic. There are concerns that this could unroll some of the gains...
One in eight adults aged 55-plus are planning to delay their retirement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This research, conducted by YouGov for Smart shows the financial effects of this health crisis. ...
There has been a surge in demand for digital physiotherapy bookings since the start of lockdown according to employee benefits provider Unum. Unum says over 1,000 bookings have been made for this...
Perhaps the greatest risk to pension scheme trustees and members is the low rate future currently being carved out. It is odd to suddenly be talking about low rates when they’ve been...
There is a lot of talk about Big Data and its potential to make significant improvements in terms of both product design and engagement strategies, but few providers are offering this yet....
