Cash plans

Unum is entering the cash plan market with a product for organisations with at least four employees that can be employer or employee paid. Unum UK CEO Mark Till told Health &...

Employers face a growing challenge managing sickness-related absence and the pressure looks set to accelerate. From April 2026, changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will come into effect under the Employment Rights...

Georgina Callaghan (pictured left) has joined BHSF as chief operating officer (COO), succeeding Stuart Hayhurst who was promoted to group CEO. Callaghan brings more than 20 years of experience in business transformation,...

Difficulties in securing NHS treatment mean UK plc continues to offer dental care options for employees despite rising costs. As health insurance premiums soar, companies are alive to the risks of not...

Benenden Health has appointed Jon Cawley as chief operating officer, joining from NHS Resolution where he was head of claims operations for almost six years. Prior to that he had 25 years'...

Paula Coffey, director of claims, rehabilitation and medical services at Unum UK, has joined the executive committee at the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Having started as a practising registered...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) is the latest trade body to raise concerns over Lord Kinnock's call for VAT to be applied on private healthcare. The trade body argued...

Bupa saw significant growth in membership numbers, revenue and profits across the group in the first half of 2025, but UK profitability slipped as higher claims, adviser commission and investment took hold....

  Cancer has long been a central concern for the health and protection industry. Today, the urgency to rethink how we support people affected by cancer is growing. With more people living...

A third of UK workers do not use their workplace health benefits at all and when they do many find them hard to access, according to research from Simplyhealth. Its survey of...