Welfare reform

A third of incapacity benefit (IB) recipients being reassessed for Employment and Support Allowance are being found too sick to work at all, according to government statistics.

Cancer sufferers awaiting chemotherapy and those between courses will now be treated the same as patients already receiving treatment when claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).

Employees do not understand the level of financial support they would be entitled to if they were unable to work due to sickness, new research has revealed.

The new ESA statistics are being abused but, says Owain Thomas, they could spur IP sales.

Sickness benefit claimants are ‘not well prepared' for Work Capability Assessments (WCA) that decide their eligibility, an investigation has revealed.

Benefit claimants who refuse to take up the offer of a training course could have their payments stopped, according to government plans.

A fresh approach is needed to generate growth in the group risk market and tackle the challenge of impending legislative changes, according to Jelf Group.

The government can not recover overpayments of social security benefits through the courts where the claimant is not at fault, the country's top court has ruled.

RGA actuary Greg Becker discusses the lessons that can be learnt from the South African protection market.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be renamed Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and a consultation has been launched into its overhaul on a social rather than medical basis.