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- Training
This is the last reminder to register for the GRiD Training Academy session on GR1 study and exam preparation. The training will be delivered at 10:30am on Friday 22 November 2024 in a 60-minute online session including live Q&A. Please download the attached document to view the full synopsis of
- News
Press release 19 November 2024. Nearly one in five (18%) employers leave employee benefits take-up to employees to initiate themselves instead of actively encouraging staff to use the benefits available to them, according to research1 released today from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector. GRiD highlights the
- Training
This is a reminder to register for the GRiD Training Academy session on GR1 study and exam preparation. The training will be delivered at 10:30am on Friday 22 November 2024 in a 60-minute online session including live Q&A. Please download the attached document to view the full synopsis of the
- Working groups
Notes from the GRiD Raising the Profile Working Group meeting on 10 October 2024. Please download the attached document to view the notes.
- News
Press release 5 November 2024. Employers are placing increasing importance on the Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) credentials of employee benefits providers when it comes to selecting a partner for their organisation, according to research conducted by GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector1. The majority (86%)
- Legislation & Consultation responses
WPI Economics has been commissioned by the ABI to undertake a piece of thought leadership exploring the future of insurance to mark the ABI’s 40th Anniversary. The call for evidence research will consider the industry’s role in supporting prosperous and secure households, communities and business over the next decade. The
- Working groups
Summary of GRiD PR activity for September 2024. This year, for the first time, we included questions in the research on how employers feel about support from the state, and our press release on the findings has been well received – it was good to get this into Workplace Journal
- Training
We are delighted to announce that the GRiD Training Academy is running a training session on GR1 study and exam preparation. The training will be delivered at 10:30am on Friday 22 November 2024 in a 60-minute online session including live Q&A. Please download the attached document to view the full
- Legislation & Consultation responses
As you will have seen in the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 30 October 2024, the government is bringing unspent pension pots into the scope of inheritance tax from April 2027. The consultation launched alongside the Budget goes further than that and announces that “from 6 April 2027 most unused pension
- News
Press release 30 October 2024. “Announcements relating to improving the health of the nation and “getting Britain working” have been coming thick and fast in the few days prior to today’s Autumn Budget, including funding to kickstart two million extra NHS appointments, a work and welfare overhaul, and reforms to
- Member meeting materials
Presentations from the GRiD members meeting held on 24 October 2024. To view please download the slides available here. Additionally, the reports mentioned by our guest speaker, Caroline Riley, Business Lead, Centre for Progressive Change (CPC) can be found here and here.
- Events
As in previous years, GRiD is an honorary sponsor of the Protection Review’s flagship event, which will take place face to face on 27 November 2024 at the London Landmark Hotel. The full details can be found by following the link here. Advisers can register to attend the conference for
