Mental Health

It would be a mistake if employers seek to ride out the upcoming recession by axing their employee benefits offerings, according to Steve Herbert, wellbeing and benefits director at Partners&. Herbert said...

The number of referrals for children's mental health services has soared during the pandemic and is now the biggest source of child referrals for a health issue, according to Royal London. Data...

Digital health app Peppy has partnered with global insurance consultant Lockton to offer gender-specific health services for the employees of its UK-based clients. Through Peppy’s app, employees of Lockton clients can access...

Only one in four employers are offering emotional support such as counselling to employees, while a similarly small proportion of organisations tailor their benefits to specific workforce demographics, studies have found. Research...

MPs are calling on government to appoint a menopause ambassador who would report every six months on "particularly poor" employer practices in supporting menopausal women. The recommendation features in a cross-party House...

The provision and servicing of group risk, group health insurance and other workplace benefit schemes is not covered by Consumer Duty rules, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed. However small and...

Guardian has made changes to its mental health underwriting question set and made enhancements related to asthma, diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol. The underwriting changes are aimed at supporting full disclosure and making...

Italian mental health platform and benefits firm Unobravo has raised a €17m in a series A funding round which will be used to develop its technology and products and expand internationally. Unobravo...

HCML is expanding its corporate services division and remodelling its management referrals service following a 78% increase in new customers since the start of 2020. The remodelled services include workplace capability assessments...

Marianne Cowie, strategic execution manager at Zurich, speaks to Health & Protection about corporate attitudes towards gender presentation, getting to a good place in ensuring workplaces are LGBTQ+ inclusive and how the...