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Employers are increasingly covering health benefits for their employees' families and dependents, according to research from PIB Employee Benefits. The advice firm added that mental wellbeing remained the most common area in...

Aviva 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...

The UK Health & Protection Awards celebrated the best of the industry in London last night. More than 750 advisers, insurers and other representatives gathered together at a packed Westminster Park Plaza...

The vast majority of UK businesses are concerned about the impact of long-term and short-term employee sickness. This is according to research from MetLife UK which found 88% held these concerns about...

Insurers should prioritise improving the mental health of young people, building trust in healthcare and putting humans back at the centre of insurance, Sir Charlie Mayfield has said. Sir Charlie (pictured), who is...

Insurers need to investigate every possible avenue to find out the root causes of why employees have fallen out of work before they can identify them as 'gaming the system', according to...

Sir Charlie Mayfield has challenged insurance providers to develop risk pooling for SMEs to enable their employees to gain access to affordable health and wellbeing benefits. Risk pooling already exists in the...

For years, health insurance providers have been instrumental in helping employers build robust workplace wellbeing programmes ranging from gym membership subsidies, to digital mental health platforms and financial wellness resources. Today, the...

Allianz Partners has increased support for weight management and holistic recovery on its Summit plans range. The insurer is also expanding cover for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cognitive developmental delay as...

Sir Charlie Mayfield who is leading the government’s Keep Britain Working Review expects Britain can ‘radically’ transform its labour inactivity crisis within a period of five to 10 years. But advisers Health...