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- News
Press release 25 July 2024. Following Barnsley Council’s launch of its Pathways to Work report, which has been endorsed by the Government, GRiD, the industry body for group risk, welcomes the launch and sees this as the direction of travel that workplaces will need to follow to support people back
- News
Press release 23 July 2024. Eighty-one per cent of employers measure employees’ appreciation of the employee benefits that they receive, according to new research conducted by GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector*. Of those, two-thirds (66%) of employers believe that their staff ‘very much’ appreciate the benefits
- News
Press release 8 July 2024. Following the election result, Colin Fitzgerald, chair of GRiD makes the following comment: “GRiD sees the election of a new administration as an opportunity to work with government to take forward a positive agenda to support business and UK growth. “Labour has been clear in
- News
Press release 3 July 2024. • 18% of employers leave employees to initiate the take-up of benefits themselves A third (34%) of employers say that their staff are not aware of, nor do they understand, all of the employee benefits they are offered, according to new research conducted by GRiD,
- News
Press release 18 June 2024. GRiD, the industry body that promotes the value of providing financial protection for employees to government, policymakers, stakeholders and employers, has today shared its new visual identity and improved website. The brand renovation aims to reach a wider audience and generate greater awareness and understanding
- News
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
- News
Press release 11 June 2024. When asked which benefits employers are most likely to offer, only 49%* said they consider benefits which support all employees. GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector, says it would like to see this figure significantly increased. Katharine Moxham, spokesperson for GRiD said:
- Working groups
Summary of GRiD PR activity and press coverage for May 2024. Key highlights include: To read please download the spreadsheet available here.
- News
Press release 4 June 2024. Recognising the wealth of expertise to be drawn upon, leading global reinsurer, PartnerRe, is the latest organisation to join GRiD, the industry body for Group Risk. PartnerRe is a global reinsurance company with over $10 billion in total capital offering group reinsurance solutions to the
- Useful Resources
The latest report from Hargreaves Lansdown’s Savings & Resilience Barometer is out. This time they’ve done a deep dive into Efficient Money Use for households. They’ve not touched on sick pay due to the data limitations, but have looked at life cover which may be of interest more broadly. As
- Working groups
Minutes from the GRiD Regulatory Committee meeting of 21 March 2024. Please download the attached document to view the minutes.
- Working groups
Minutes from the GRiD Regulatory Committee meeting of 18 January 2024. Please download the attached document to view the minutes.