SME

Iain Eagling has left Health Assured. Eagling had been sales director at the employee assistance provider since February 2023. He joined from the Access Group where he held the same role. Health...

Equipsme has a pipeline which could see it more than quadruple the number of lives covered. The provider claims with its reduced levels of cover it has also maintained premium inflation to...

There is a significant gap between what the international health insurance assignees and their families currently receive and what they would expect for a future placement. This is according to Axa’s Setting...

Spire Healthcare has launched an end‑to‑end workplace health solution designed to help employers proactively improve employee wellbeing, reduce sickness absence, and boost productivity. Spire Workplace Health is a single proposition spanning prevention,...

Turquoise Health has raised $40m in Series C funding.  This latest round was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Adams Street Partners and Yosemite. Turquoise revealed...

Almost four in 10 employers are concerned about the physical health of their younger workers, according to research from Everywhen. Employer concerns around both physical and mental health gradually increased with age...

The number of people using private healthcare for non‑urgent treatment and diagnostics has almost doubled in the past two years, according to Healthwatch England. One in seven people in the UK, or...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England dropped to 7.2 million at the end of January, according to official data. This was the third consecutive month with a...

Marsh has appointed Phil Parkinson as CEO of Mercer UK, a business of Marsh.  Subject to regulatory approval, Parkinson (pictured) is expected to take up his new role in the coming weeks...

An Employee Assistance Professionals Association UK (EAPA) investigation has found that Health Assured did not meet the ethical standards expected of members surrounding confidentiality and informed consent. However after a nearly two-year long...