Home Page Splash

Over a third (35%) of workers in Britain say they feel stressed or anxious while working from home during lockdown. A similar number (32%) feel lonely or isolated, while slightly more (38%)...

The crucial role that workplace mental health plays in national social and economic wellbeing was recognised this week at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF). Typically held at Davos in Switzerland, the...

NHS England has called on the independent/private healthcare sector to help it to manage the way that patients are discharged home from hospital. Independent/private sector providers for hospital at home services and...

Just Group and SOLLA – the Society of Later Life Advisers – have updated their free online training module designed to help financial intermediaries identify and work with vulnerable clients and their...

ActiveQuote, the specialist private medical insurance broker, has appointed Neil Williams as head of technology. Most recently responsible for the development of bt.com, BT Sport and PlusNet’s new websites, Williams (pictured) brings...

Healthy life expectancy for women in the UK has been falling – but men have seen no significant change, official figures shows. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said its latest analysis...

Hymans Robertson, the financial services and benefits consultancy and actuary, has said it intends to be “net carbon zero” from 2021. The organisation has also pledged to halve its carbon footprint by...

Three in five UK business leaders believe employers now have more responsibility for their employees’ mental and physical health beyond the workplace, a major piece of research suggests. The same number (63%)...

Specialist health and wellbeing intermediary and consultancy PES is ramping up its ambitious plans with the appointment of Stuart Gray, founder and chairman of Portus Consulting, as non-executive chairman. Health & Protection’s...

MetLife UK paid 14,036 individual protection claims in the last 12 months totalling £12.1m, according to the company’s latest claims data. The figures also show that MetLife paid out 244 claims totalling...