Covid-19

It is no secret that pandemic life has had a huge impact on our mental fitness. According to global research we conducted with Ipsos MRBI, over a third of employees claim to...

WPA is extending mental health cover on its retail health insurance plans. Cover for hospital and outpatient treatment has been added to the existing health and wellbeing helplines and structured counselling sessions...

As plan B restrictions lift, insurers are intent on implementing a hybrid model where staff work from the office for part of the week and at home for the remainder. Earlier this...

Advisers are choosing not to force workers to return to the office amid the lifting of plan B restrictions. Last week, the UK government announced the lifting of plan B restrictions in...

Return to work rehabilitation specialist Working To Wellbeing has launched a new line manager helpline, with an initial focus on supporting employees suffering with long Covid. The telephone-based helpline aims to enable...

Covid-19 was the main reason for more than half of the UK's income protection (IP) policy purchases last year and it is expected to remain a key force pushing consumer decisions for...

Private healthcare providers in England will need to start firing or reassigning unvaccinated workers from early next month. A guidance document released by the NHS England late last week revealed that the...

Higher staff departure rates due to the pandemic and increased costs connected to sourcing talent from the EU a year on from Brexit are creating an extremely competitive labour market for insurers....

The private hospital sector is earning a minimum of between £75m and £90m a month as a result of the deal struck with the NHS in England just to be on standby...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is developing new guidance around how employee health data should be collected and used in light of the pandemic. In particular, the guidance will highlight that "health...