Appointments / Industry

While the number of people in the UK who regard their mental health as 'flourishing' has dropped back down to 2022 levels, employers who are happy with their company's mental health support...

LifeSearch has partnered with specialist military insurer Trinity to provide a range of tailored family protection products for veterans.  The partnership focuses on offering veterans, but not serving members, life protection, critical...

South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign the National Health Insurance bill (NHI) into law tomorrow (15 May 2024).   But the bill has proven controversial, with private sector organisation...

This Mental Health Awareness Week, Health & Protection features Florence Streames, finance assistant at Velvet Mortgage and Insure Services, who speaks about building a career in protection while coping with severe obsessive...

Mortgage and protection firm Access Financial Services has appointed Jeremy Lock as director of compliance. Lock joins from Absolute Return Investment Advisers (ARIA) where he was head of compliance. Previously, Lock was...

Most workers who pay for dental care find it difficult to do so, according to research from Health Shield Friendly Society. The survey of 564 people in full- or part-time work found...

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Kate Kilpatrick as head of marketing - employee benefits. Following the creation of its centralised advisory marketing team last year, Kilpatrick (pictured) will work in partnership...

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Saudi Arabia has appointed Dr Björn Zoéga as deputy CEO.  Icelander Björn Zoéga's career in healthcare management and policy includes his most recent...

Value added benefits (VABs) as part of critical illness and life insurance cover are helping to ease conversations about mental health and provide vital support, according to research from HSBC Life (UK). ...

It is unsurprising that demand for mental health services has rocketed over the past couple of years. A global pandemic followed by a cost of living crisis has inevitably taken its toll...