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Group risk set to boom with auto-enrolment

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 15:45

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

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Absence management processes failing businesses

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.

Cover | 01 Feb 2012 | 10:51
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Ellipse launches GIP offering

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

Cover | 01 Feb 2012 | 09:00

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Online business set to grow - Canada Life

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

Cover | 31 Jan 2012 | 10:41
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Friends Life poaches Ageas' head of sales

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

Cover | 31 Jan 2012 | 09:48
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Mental health GIP claims see six year rise

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.

Cover | 30 Jan 2012 | 10:43
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Brits most stressed workers in world

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.

Cover | 30 Jan 2012 | 10:01
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Benefit claim 'collusion' hides positives of work

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.

Cover | 25 Jan 2012 | 15:12
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Staff disaffected by poor absence management

Businesses risk alienating their staff by not offering a compassionate approach to absence management, new research has found.

Cover | 09 Jan 2012 | 15:23
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Personal reasons top cause of employee absence

Employees are more likely to have been absent from work due to personal reasons than because of sickness, new research has revealed.

Cover | 06 Jan 2012 | 12:11
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Work/life balance beats stress or mental health as business threat - Grid

Stress and mental health have taken a back seat as UK bosses worry most about employee’s work/life balance Group Risk Development (GRiD) has said.

Cover | 05 Jan 2012 | 15:12
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Businesses support PMI tax breaks for staff

The majority of employers agree with recommendations to introduce tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), a survey has found.

Cover | 21 Dec 2011 | 15:07
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Jelf predicts group risk sales to grow next year

Jelf Employee Benefits has predicted an upturn in group risk consultations in 2012.

Cover | 08 Dec 2011 | 14:56

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