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News / Group risk
Graham Gooch to take part in keynote Q&A at Pensions & Benefits Show
Cricketing legend Graham Gooch is taking part in a question and answer session at the Pensions & Benefits Show 2013.
22 May 2013
Risky business: How legislation will impact group risk schemes
Auto-enrolment and the removal of the default retirement age have had significant impacts on their own. Owain Thomas examines what effects have been felt on employers’ group risk schemes.
14 May 2013
Presenteeism boom highlighted by stress sufferers
The vast majority (93%) of the UK workforce have attended work while sick, including more than three quarters of those with mental health issues, according to Canada Life research.
07 May 2013
AE staging brings more un-insured risks for employers
Punter Southall is warning employers that auto-enrolment is increasing the level of un-insured risks they will be liable for.
01 May 2013
LV= to test product engagement on own workforce
LV= is testing a range of new product designs and developments with its own workforce.
24 Apr 2013
L&G pays 99% of new group IP claims
Legal and General has revealed it paid 99.2% of all new group income protection claims received in 2012.
15 Apr 2013
Firms embracing absence management reporting
The vast majority of employers now report absence management statistics with almost half believing that encouraging it was a good idea.
15 Apr 2013
MetLife confirms plans for group IP plan
MetLife is further developing its employee benefits offering with the launch of a group income protection product.
10 Apr 2013
WSB Awards 2013: Call for judges
Are you a benefits professional? Do you make the final decision with regards to the benefits your firm offers? If so, would you be willing to help judge the Workplace Savings and Benefits Awards 2013?
10 Apr 2013
L&G adds face-to-face counselling sessions to group IP cover
Legal and General is adding five free face-to-face counselling sessions for all employees covered by its group income protection plan.
09 Apr 2013
Insurers warn of 'woefully' unprotected masses despite SSP rise
Insurers have welcomed the government’s statutory sick pay increase, but warned against “woefully” high rates of unprotected families as welfare cuts continued.
05 Apr 2013
Group schemes could face greater scrutiny under new Insurance Act
Employers and their staff could face more questions and demands for greater workforce information from insurers when taking out new policies or schemes in light of the new Consumer Insurance Act, insurers are warning.
04 Apr 2013Employers split on success of default retirement age removal as benefit costs rise
Employers are divided almost equally about whether they would like to see the return of the default retirement age or are happy with the current arrangements, but a quarter have seen benefit costs rise.
03 Apr 2013
Workers overestimate bosses' sick pay generosity
Half of workers assume their boss would foot the bill for long-term sick leave.
02 Apr 2013
Budget return to work tax breaks lack “clarity”
The move to introduce a tax break for employers in getting employees back to work who have been away after periods of sickness in yesterday’s Budget, was widely welcomed by the health insurance industry.
21 Mar 2013
Budget 2013: Tax relief for return to work interventions - UPDATED
Employers will be able to claim tax relief for interventions to return employees to work, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed.
20 Mar 2013
Universities and colleges slow to meet staff healthcare benefit demands
Universities and colleges are not reacting to the changing needs of their employee’s healthcare benefits, with 56.4% stating they do not think their staff understand or appreciate the benefits on offer to them.
19 Mar 2013
Macmillan: NHS should incentivise work as 'positive health outcome'
The Work Foundation has criticised government efforts to assist people suffering long term conditions in a return to work and called for the NHS to be incentivised to promote the benefits of work.
18 Mar 2013
Staff demand financial security from workplace benefits
Employers are missing a trick in their benefits provision as 77% of UK employees are worried about their financial security, research commissioned by Unum has revealed.
15 Mar 2013
IP policyholders should get NI rebate, Govt told
The government was in listening mode at the launch of a report to tackle state dependency and potential National Insurance rebates for income protection policyholders in Westminster today.
13 Mar 2013
Features
Group critical illness: Protecting your staff against the impact of serious illness
Would an employee rather have a cash lump sum or enhanced medical treatment to support them through a serious health event? Owain Thomas examines the benefit of critical illness insurance.
Getting dental care right
It has been a tumultuous year for the dental market. Following an investigation into the industry by the Office of Fair Trading and numerous studies around pricing, Hannah Uttley looks at the impact for employers and staff.
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Events
WSB Healthcare Select
Workplace Savings and Benefits is pleased to present its Healthcare Select event taking place on Thursday 23rd May.
Last week to enter WSB Awards
WSB has launched the Workplace Savings and Benefits Awards 2013 - the only award event to recognise both employer and provider excellence.
Briefings
Resilient Dynamism: The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2013
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2013 report is developed from an annual survey of over 1,000 experts from industry, government, academia and civil society who were asked to review a landscape of 50 global risks.
AE Implementation: Choose the Right Path
Aviva has successfully supported employers through staging and implementation of auto-enrolment. Thankfully, none have needed the thornbush, and none have come close to the cliffs, but all have struggled at times with the enforced downhill speed toward their staging date. So what have we learned so far?
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