Mental Health

LifeWorks has launched a worldwide social support network and community which is monitored by trained professionals. The service is available in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, and aims...

Employee wellbeing and benefits provider Vivup has joined group risk industry body Grid. Karl Bennett, wellbeing director at Vivup, said: “Having worked with Grid in a previous role, it demonstrated the value...

The judging panel for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 has been revealed. In all 37 experts and leaders from across the health, protection and international insurance and workplace benefits industry...

Sickness absence rates hit 3.1% in 2021 translating to an average 7.3 sick days per employee - the highest level since 2009, according to data from XpertHR. The firm, which surveyed 149...

Vitality saw a "significant" increase in the use of primary care services by its members as part of a "fundamental shift" in how people use their private medical insurance (PMI).  The data...

The mental health of the UK population has taken a battering during the pandemic and beyond. The fallout has affected everyone - including those working in the private medical insurance (PMI) and...

To kick off Pride Month, Health & Protection speaks to Chris Bailey-Munt, B2B content and social media manager for intermediary marketing at Aviva, about considering whether he should refer to his "partner"...

The protection industry must do more to help brokers effectively tackle harrowing calls where customers talk about ending their own lives, according to Alan Knowles, managing director at Cura Financial Services. Knowles...

Legal & General has entered into an exclusive partnership with Fruitful Insights to gauge the costs associated with impaired wellbeing and productivity and the factors underpinning these losses. Based on this intelligence, intermediaries...

Maxis Global Benefits Network (Maxis GBN) has added virtual reality (VR) programmes focused on mental health and stopping smoking to the list of third-party benefits available through its network. The services offered...