Metlife

Advisers believe long-term care should be at the heart of retirement planning following the Budget overhaul of pensions, research for MetLife shows.

MetLife is launching its UK sponsorship of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Superseries with the All England Open at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham next month.

Nearly one in five (17%) small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) suffered significant disruption from staff illness and absence in the past year, according to findings from Metlife.

MetLife is in talks with a major pension provider to integrate its group life and income protection products with the auto enrolment of the SME market beginning later this year.

MetLife Employee Benefits has expanded its group income protection offering with the launch of an early intervention policy.

Just over half (54%) of employee benefits consultants (EBCs) say they always recommend their clients to take employee benefits offered by their employer, research reveals.

More than half of all employees have been made redundant or suffered long-term illness during their working life, MetLife Employee Benefits has found.

Disability and illness is to blame for two in five unemployed 50 to 60-year-olds, MetLife has reported.

MetLife has been building its infrastructure ahead of the launch of a Master Trust for its group life and group income protection.

Life-threatening experiences have hit two in five while the average person has cheated death at least once, MetLife has reported.