Press release 12 Aug 2025. Two in five employers admit that the take-up of employee benefits is left for employees to initiate themselves, according to new research from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector.1 This reveals a key gap between simply informing employees that benefits exist and actively encouraging them to engage. […] The post 40% of employers admit that employee benefit take-up is left for employees to initiate themselves appeared first on GRiD.| GRiD
GRiD PR report for July 2025. The post GRiD PR Activity & Coverage July 2025 appeared first on GRiD.| GRiD
Press release 21 May 2024. The UK Group Risk industry paid out a record £2.49bn in claims in 2023: £6.82m a day Industry data compiled by Group Risk Development (GRiD) shows that, once again, employers highly utilised group risk protection (employer-funded life assurance, income protection and critical illness benefits) to provide financial support to employees […]| GRiD
Press release 5 August 2025. GRiD, the industry body for group risk, today announces HFMC Wealth as its newest member. HFMC Wealth is a multi-disciplined independent advisory practice, with a dedicated Employee Benefits division providing workplace pensions and employee benefit solutions, predominantly focused on the SME sector. With a passion for providing bespoke advice to […] The post HFMC Wealth further strengthens the GRiD community appeared first on GRiD.| GRiD
Please hold the date for the October GRiD members meeting, which will be held in person and online on the afternoon of 23 October 2025. Full details will follow in due course. The post Hold the Date – 23 October 2025 appeared first on GRiD.| GRiD
Press release 22 July 2025. GRiD comment on the outcome of Government’s Inheritance Tax on pensions: liability, reporting and payment consultation. Following clarification of the scope of inheritance tax on pensions and death benefits, Katharine Moxham, spokesperson for the group risk industry body, GRiD comments: “We’re delighted that death in service benefits have been recognised as […] The post GRiD comment on the outcome of Government’s Inheritance Tax on pensions: liability, ...| GRiD
The recording, slides and other supporting materials from the GRiD Training Academy session on GRiD’s employer and employee research held on 25 June 2025 can be accessed here. (On following the link, you will be prompted to register for Aviva’s On24 platform, if you weren’t registered to attend the live session.) Please do not share the […] The post Recording, slides and supporting materials from the GRiD Training Academy session on GRiD’s employer and employee research held on 25 ...| GRiD
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published a Green Paper ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’. This consultation set out plans and proposals to reform health and disability benefits and employment support. This followed the approach set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper published in November 2024. […] The post GRiD response to DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper June 2025 appeared first on GRiD.| GRiD
The 2024 Autumn Budget announced the Government’s intention to bring unspent pension pots and death benefits into the scope of Inheritance Tax (IHT) from 2027. HMRC published a technical consultation ‘Inheritance Tax on pensions: liability, reporting and payment’. GRiD submitted a response to this consultation which closed January 2025. A copy of GRiD’s response is […] The post GRiD letter to the Chancellor – Inheritance Tax on pensions: liability, reporting and payment June 2025 ...| GRiD
Press release 15 July 2025. For the second year in a row, employers’ biggest concern for their staff is stress and anxiety related to work, according to research1 conducted by GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector. In 2025, stress and anxiety related to work (such as pressures of overwork and uncertainty of […] The post Stress at work remains the health and wellbeing issue affecting most generations of staff, according to employers (GRiD research) appeared first on GRiD.| GRiD
Press release 1 July 2025. Sixty-three per cent of employers measure the impact to their business of supporting the health and wellbeing of their staff, according to research1 from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector.1 Of those who do so, almost half (47%) state that employees’ productivity increases when they know their […] The post Forty-seven per cent of employers report increased productivity when their employees’ health and wellbeing is supported appeared first on...| GRiD
Press release 10 June 2025. As National Carers Week 2025 approaches (9-15 June), new research from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector, reveals 38% of employers believe that stress and anxiety related to home life, such as having caring responsibilities, is affecting their staff. Twenty-nine per cent of all employers also say […]| GRiD