- 24%: the percentage of employees that would like to receive income protection, but currently only 6% do (Source: Canada Life Group insurance, May 2015) bit.ly/1R6eg3R
- 1,529: the number of employees that were successfully rehabilitated back into work in 2014 with support from an insurer (Source: Group Risk Development [Grid], May 2015) bit.ly/1KcpvDv
- 7.9%: the growth of the UK group risk market in 2014 (Source: Swiss Re’s Group watch report 2015, April 2015) bit.ly/1apkyet
- 1,400: the number of Thirteen Group employees that will benefit from protection benefits and private medical insurance via a voluntary scheme introduced in October 2014 bit.ly/1G23dnF
- 50%: the percentage that group income protection premiums could rise by if an organisation’s average employee age increases by five years (Source: Towers Watson, October 2014) bit.ly/1wfRf5w
- 77%: the number of employees who would not be able to afford to live on statutory sick pay if their income stopped tomorrow (Source: PMI Health Group, September 2014) bit.ly/1r0MXst
- 10-times salary: the limit that Browne Jacobson employees can choose to flex their life assurance to, up from six-times salary bit.ly/1snFSbU
- 70%: the percentage of employers that would not be prepared to reduce benefits to maintain and reduce insurance premium costs (Source: Aon’s Benefits and trends survey, October 2014) bit.ly/ZTvews
Tynan Barton is a business journalist and has been writing in the employee benefits and HR field for over 15 years. She joined Employee Benefits in 2010 as reporter, and has been features editor since 2011.View full profile
