Appointments / Industry

Square Health has gone live with advice firm Assured Futures as its first client through a partnership with Swiss Re’s Iptiq white-label insurance provider proposition. The deal means firms operating through the...

Insurance broker firm Partners& has appointed Marcia Reid as managing partner for wellbeing, engagement and benefits. Reid (pictured) was most recently managing director of the health and protection division of Stackhouse Poland...

An Aviva-backed project led by The Foundation for Young People's Mental Health (YPMH) and researchers at Cambridge University is exploring new methods of prevention, early intervention, diagnosis and treatment of depression in...

Swiss Re has entered into an exclusive partnership with mental health platform Wysa to create a global mental wellbeing app. The insurance-specific app will help consumers better track their mental wellbeing and...

Employers have been urged to not just support employees at the point of bereavement but six months later in the form of a review to identify "problematic" grief. The calls comes from...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce an excess payment for staff who use its private medical insurance (PMI) cover after soaring premium costs. The regulator said premiums for the...

The mental health of SME owners is on the decline, according to two surveys released ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October. Research from insurer Simply Business found more than...

The success of financial support given during the Covid pandemic and the rapid economic recovery means governments are less likely to choose austerity in future shocks, according to Aviva Investors. The insurer...

Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has promoted Cheryl Brennan to managing director of Howden Employee Benefits UK. Brennan (pictured) joined Howden as director of corporate consulting in May 2019 from Punter Southall...

Start-ups have woken up to the fact that health and life insurance benefits can no longer be the preserve of large corporates, according to Charlie Cousins, founder of Hooray Health & Protection....