Press release 25 June 2024.
Leading UK actuarial and investment consultancy, First Actuarial, has joined GRiD, the industry body for group risk. Membership of GRiD will give First Actuarial access to best practice as it launches a range of group protection services.
Suzie Nedza, Group Protection Consultant at First Actuarial says: “Joining GRiD was an important priority for our group protection team. We’re all impressed with the collective knowledge and experience that GRiD offers. Our membership is set to play an invaluable role in keeping us on top of industry developments and will feed into our business development initiatives. As our group protection team grows, we will look to GRiD’s training academy to hone our professional skills and expertise.”
Based in five locations across the UK and boasting a diverse host of household-name clients. First Actuarial has for two decades grown a successful pensions consultancy business. As it expands the services it provides to employers – with group income protection, critical illness and life assurance – First Actuarial will draw on the wealth of experience of GriD and its membership to promote business growth based on best practice.
Colin Fitzgerald, chair of GRiD said: “First Actuarial is a great example of how members of GRiD can offer mutual benefit and support for each other’s businesses. It is our combined knowledge that makes GRiD such a strong resource. We are delighted to welcome First Actuarial to further bolster the organisation.”
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For further information please contact:
Sharon Mason
SMUK Marketing and PR
smason@smuk.org.uk
Mob: 07747 611773
Katharine Moxham
Spokesperson for GRiD
Katharine.moxham@grouprisk.org.uk
Mob: 07887 512508
For all enquiries regarding First Actuarial and its group protection services, please contact Sarah Bartlett in the first instance.
Email: sarah.bartlett@firstactuarial.co.uk
Find out more about First Actuarial – www.firstactuarial.co.uk.
About GRiD
Group Risk Development (GRiD) is the industry body for the group risk sector, promoting the value to UK businesses of providing financial protection for their staff, enhancing their well-being and improving employee engagement. Our membership includes insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries and those operating in (or with other interests in) the UK group risk market. Together this forms a collective wealth of experience built over many years. Under the chairmanship of Colin Fitzgerald (Distribution Director – Group Protection, L&G Retail) GRiD aims to promote group risk through a collective voice to Government, policymakers, stakeholders and employers.
GRiD works with government departments and regulators involved in legislation and regulation affecting group risk benefits, and with other organisations involved in the benefits and financial protection arenas. GRiD also seeks to enhance the industry’s standing by encouraging best practice and by participating in industry-wide initiatives such as the professional qualification in group risk managed jointly with the Chartered Insurance Institute.
GRiD’s media activity aims to generate a wider awareness and understanding of group risk products and their benefits for employers and employees.
GRiD’s dedicated spokesperson, Katharine Moxham, provides expert media comment on a full range of group risk issues.
www.grouprisk.org.uk
Follow Katharine Moxham on X/Twitter @KMoxham
