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As plan B restrictions lift, insurers are intent on implementing a hybrid model where staff work from the office for part of the week and at home for the remainder. Earlier this...

AIG Life has renewed its contract with global telehealth provider Teladoc Health to deliver its Smart Health service for a further four years. The firm says the early renewal of the contract...

Advisers are choosing not to force workers to return to the office amid the lifting of plan B restrictions. Last week, the UK government announced the lifting of plan B restrictions in...

Return to work rehabilitation specialist Working To Wellbeing has launched a new line manager helpline, with an initial focus on supporting employees suffering with long Covid. The telephone-based helpline aims to enable...

Providers are looking into the challenge of designing IPMI products that accommodate workers who wish to spend some of their year in the UK and some of it overseas. Linda Beavis, principal,...

Axa Health is offering personalised, fertility, early parenthood and menopause support through its large corporate schemes from today. The insurer is will be utilising Peppy’s digital health app. Corporate customers choosing to...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is developing new guidance around how employee health data should be collected and used in light of the pandemic. In particular, the guidance will highlight that "health...

Not enough is being done by employers to support the mental health of their staff despite them largely acting on commitments to tackle physical health and wellbeing issues, according to findings from...

Voting for the Health & Protection Awards 2022 has gone live. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries can vote here to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding in their fields during...

Mercer UK has appointed Benoit Hudon (pictured) as its president and CEO. The appointment, subject to FCA approval, sees Hudon succeed Sylvia Pozezanac, who has left Mercer. In addition to his new...