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Legal & General today announces the launch of its HR Communication Toolkit; a six-step guide, including templates, examples and checklists, to help employers boost the value of employee benefits and wellbeing.
5 Jan 2022
The toolkit has been developed based on research commissioned by Legal & General Group Protection. The Wellbeing at Work Barometer* asked UK companies and employees about their experiences of wellbeing in the workplace. Using insights from the report, Legal & General’s new HR Communication Toolkit combines strategic internal communication techniques to help employers:
Suzanne Clarkson, Managing Director of Coach House Communications, who has 20+ years’ experience in the employee benefits and wellbeing sectors, across external and internal communication disciplines, partnered with Legal & General to design the toolkit and associated material. She comments:
“ The need to improve benefit and wellbeing communication was growing pre-pandemic and has accelerated rapidly since, as leaders put human risk on a par with commercial risk. There’s now a load of pressure on HR to ‘do better’ when it comes to communication, but they don’t necessarily have the time, skills or resource. So, it’s really encouraging to now see a provider putting its weight behind this imperative. And doing it in a way that centres on helping employers get much more purpose-led, targeted and effective with their communication, instead of just doing more of the same. The toolkit is designed to prove as useful to an SME looking for communication self-sufficiency, as it is for intermediaries of all sizes looking to widen their consultancy offer to clients.”
The toolkit is available as a free download from the dedicated webpage on Legal & General Group Protection’s employer site and adviser centre. Additionally, the provider says it will roll out a series of supporting content over the coming months to help equip intermediaries with the knowhow to use the toolkit with clients, in a way that might lead to a potential new revenue stream.
Legal & General adviser centre HR Toolkit - https://www.legalandgeneral.com/adviser/workplace-benefits/group-protection/hr-toolkit
Legal & General employer site HR Toolkit - https://www.legalandgeneral.com/employer/group-protection/hr-toolkit
Jo Elphick, Marketing Director at Legal & General Group Protection: “ We have heard from surveys through the years with both employers and employees, that the key to unlocking value from any benefits investment is communication. A common approach has been to do more, and while intranets and other channels have emerged, this continues to be an issue. We have tried to break down and simplify the approach so that both employers and advisers get this much needed support. It’s a big shift away from traditional provider support on benefit communication, but our feedback and research tell us that it’s much needed as employers strive to get more joined-up, purpose-led and efficient. And in turn, helping their people be well, get better and be supported. Watch this space for more from us on the ongoing support we’ll be providing to help clients and intermediaries consider the toolkit as the basic foundation for all benefit and wellbeing programmes in the future.”
Established in 1836, Legal & General is one of the UK’s leading financial services groups and a major global investor, with £1.2 trillion in total assets under management (as at FY23) of which c40% (circa £0.5 trillion) is international.
We have a highly synergistic business model, which continues to drive strong returns. We are a leading international player in Institutional Retirement, in Retail Savings and Protection, and in both public and private markets through our Asset Management division. Across the Group, we are committed to responsible investing and dedicated to serving the long-term savings and investment needs of customers and society.
As at 7 June 2024, we estimate the Group’s Solvency II coverage ratio to be 224%.
As at 11 June 2024, Legal & General has a market capitalisation of £14.6 billion.
Legal & General Insurance (LGI) has been offering life insurance cover since 1836 and is the UK’s number one individual life insurance provider. Our group protection business in the UK offers life insurance and income protection products to individuals through their employers and we offer term-life insurance in the US. We now have over 5.5 million UK life insurance customers, 1.8 million people in group protection schemes and approaching 1.3 million US term-life insurance policyholders. Here in LGI, we protect our customers and their loved ones throughout life and death.
*at 31 Jun 2021