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- Legislation & Consultation responses
22 January 2025. GRiD has responded to HMRC’s technical consultation “Inheritance tax on pensions: liability, reporting and payment” which closes today. Our submission: Seeks urgent clarification for the scope of any taxation changes and states why we believe that insured life benefits alongside pensions should not be subject to inheritance
- Events
Looking to gain actionable insights and boost your professional development? Join us for a members-only event which counts towards your annual CPD designed for the Group Risk community. 🔗 Register here What you’ll gain:✅ Insightful keynote from John Godfrey on the evolving challenges and opportunities in our industry.✅ Updates on
- Articles
14 January 2025. Ahead of Protection Reporter’s protection-based gameshow event Inside Track, Katharine Moxham gives a potted history on the evolution of group risk for revision purposes. Please click here to view the full article.
- News
Press release 16 January 2025. Ahead of Blue Monday, GRiD the industry body for the group risk sector, has released figures showing that, over the past decade, mental health conditions have been either the first or second highest cause of claim by employees on work-sponsored group income protection (GIP) policies.
- Working groups
Minutes from the GRiD Regulatory Committee meeting of 5 December 2024. Please download the attached document to view the minutes.
- Working groups
Notes from the GRiD Raising the Profile Working Group meeting on 12 December 2024. Please download the attached document to view the notes.
- Working groups
We’ve had a strong end to a strong year.
- Events
Registration is now open for the January GRiD members meeting, which will be held online on 30 January 2025, from 3.00-5.00pm., hosted by YuLife. Our keynote speaker is John Godfrey – Managing Director, Policy, Public Affairs and Research, TheCityUK who will be exploring the Getting Britain Working agenda and the
- News
Press release 7 January 2025. Employee benefits will come under increased scrutiny in 2025 as the cumulative effect of pressures from 2024’s Autumn Budget start to bite, according to GRiD the industry body for the group risk sector. The National Insurance (NI) employer tax rise and the increase in the
- Events
Please hold the date for the January GRiD members meeting, which will be held online from 3.00-5.00pm on 30 January 2025. Full details will follow in the New Year.
- Factsheets
Virtually all providers and reinsurance companies currently writing UK group risk business are members of GRiD, together with a significant and growing number of group risk advisers and service providers. There are many competitive advantages of GRiD membership and we’ve highlighted the key benefits in a new flyer which you
- Legislation & Consultation responses
GRiD’s response to the government’s consultation on strengthening Statutory Sick Pay, which closed on 4 December 2024.
