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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...

Employees have risked deteriorating eyesight by failing to maintain check ups with their optician during the pandemic. The warning comes from Health Shield, which revealed eyecare claims on its health cash plans,...

Analysis of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data has revealed a wide a disparity between the number of people taking out general insurance and protection cover. The FCA's latest insight article based on...

Cash plans have really come into their own during the pandemic due to their flexibility and cost effectiveness and while claims fell away initially in the first lockdown, a recovery currently appears...

“Inconsistent and unfair” dentistry provision in the UK requires a “radical reform” as many people report being unable to find an NHS dentist, face years-long waits or cannot afford treatment fees. Last...

Chicago-based Medicare Advantage plan provider Zing Health has appointed Dr Trent Haywood as chief medical officer. Haywood (pictured) was previously senior vice president in the office of clinical affairs and chief medical...

Royal London has become the latest insurer to remove underwriting restrictions put in place last year due to the pandemic. The mutual insurer announced this morning that it would continue to ease...

A financial services industry collective has announced the launch of The Blood Bank, an industry initiative aimed at raising awareness of the importance of donating blood. Following a teaser shared last week,...

This week Health & Protection has explored how insurers tackle employee burnout and spoken to industry experts for their advice on how to tackle the problem. But another aspect of the pandemic...

The number of NHS-registered dental practices fell by almost 13% in the five years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, according to official data. Figures provided by the Department for Health and...