Economy

Eight in 10 adults in England and Wales have Covid antibodies - proteins that help the body fight viruses. Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals 82.7% of adults...

Insurers are rejecting the five day week and expect to continue with a hybrid approach to work as the country emerges from the pandemic. This contradicts predictions from the Centre for Cities...

Employers have been urged to have a flexible, robust employee benefit and wellbeing plan of action ready to deploy at short notice if the pandemic puts paid to their workers' return to...

Ensuring line managers regularly review employees' workload, introducing engagement surveys and reviewing their occupational health provision are just some of the ways employers can guard against employee burnout. Health & Protection kicked...

German private insurance customers have experienced a high rise in fees, according to figures from the country's Federal State Office. The Local reports figures from Germany's  Federal Statistical Office for March of...

The reopening of gyms today is a key milestone in rebuilding the physical and mental health of individuals say industry professionals. A recent poll conducted by healthcare charity Nuffield Health revealed lack...

Entries are now open for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2021 – and financial advisers and employee benefit consultancies large and small are invited to put forward submissions outlining how they...

Connect for Intermediaries, the financial adviser network, has added Umbrella Protect to its protection panel. Umbrella Protect will provide protection advice to all clients referred by Connect advisers and its network members....

Households borrowed an additional £4.3bn secured on their homes in October, following borrowing of £4.9bn in September, official figures show. The Bank of England (BoE) figures follow high levels of mortgage approvals...

The number of jobs in London being posted on job site Indeed this year has fallen by 50%, compared with 42% across the UK as a whole. Madrid suffered the second largest...