A standardised set of Workplace Health Provision (WHP) services should be developed in conjunction with existing providers and insurers, the Keep Britain Working review is recommending. It urges widespread adoption of non-clinical...
Read moreIncentives such as tax relief for employer health benefits will be critical to encourage take-up of changes proposed by the Keep Britain Working Review as it enters its secondary stages. However, the...
Read moreThe Keep Britain Working Review has urged the exploration of pooling mechanisms to help make investing in the workplace health provision (WHP) affordable for SMEs. It likened the process as similar to...
Read moreAdopting an overhauled employer-led shared responsibility approach to employee health at work and cutting sickness absence could save up to £18bn a year when fully running, according to the Keep Britain Working...
Read moreChancellor Rachel Reeves has put the NHS front and centre as one of her and the nation’s priorities ahead of the Budget later this month. In a speech to set the scene...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told intermediaries to up their game when stress testing their organisations as it uncovers evidence of high debt levels and short-term refinancing strategies at groups hitting...
Read moreThe Association of British Insurers (ABI) has identified a 23% increase in the number of people who used insurer-provided health services in 2023, such as virtual GPs, physiotherapy services and mental health...
Read moreCritical illness is the newest kid on the block when it comes to group protection cover, but this benefit is no longer the preserve of large corporations. Group CI is often provided...
Read moreWillis Towers Watson has appointed Sarah Jane Allan as an employee benefits consultant for group risk within its mid-market health and benefits team Allan joins from Alexander Beard where she was an...
Read moreAviva is calling for larger corporates to be compelled to clearly communicate the details of their workplace health and wellbeing support and a voluntary national health at work standard for SMEs. The...
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