Individual Protection

The highest number of peacetime excess deaths in Scotland since 1891 has just been recorded. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) said there were 6,324 excess deaths last year, 11% higher than...

There was more good news for Britain’s businesses and their health and protection advisers this week when latest research showed that the City’s recruitment market is defying widespread predictions of prolonged downturn....

The weekly cost of residential long-term care in Islington, North London, is £1,488 – and £621 in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The figures have emerged as part of Legal & General research which...

A new suite of toolkits developed in collaboration with Public Health England (PHE) has been launched by an industry body in a bid to support employers’ efforts to improve the health and...

Royal London has added an “Underwrite Later” option for life cover on its Business Menu and Relevant Life Plans, allowing cover to be offered while medical evidence is being obtained. Eligible customers...

Mercer announced today the appointment of Ashok Gupta as chair of its UK board. Gupta will also chair the organisation’s Risk Committee and the Nominations Committee. Gupta succeeds Jane Barker, CBE, who...

One in five people in Britain say that the wider societal and financial impact of the pandemic has encouraged them to take better care of their health and lifestyle, research shows. A...

Nuffield Health, the independent sector hospital and health provider, has launched a series of free ‘emotional wellbeing’ classes. The move follows a YouGov poll, commissioned by Nuffield, which shows over half (52%)...

Aon is working with Moneyhub to develop its financial wellbeing app ‘Well One Money’ that claims to save employees an average of £850 a year. The employee benefits consultancy is using Moneyhub’s...

Paul White, head of technical for Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing, has been appointed chair of GRiD, the group risk industry trade body. White (pictured), who succeeds Aviva UK Health’s Steve Bridger...