Mental Health

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...

Early intervention has cut the number of employees who go on to experience a severe or moderately severe mental health condition by 93%, according to Axa Health. Heather Smith, CEO of Axa...

Going the extra mile for a young mother who had disclosed that she attempted suicide in the past helped her secure income protection cover. This is according to Nicola Huxley, director at...

Jo Baldwin, business development manager at Reframe Cancer (pictured), speaks to Health & Protection about restarting her music career after a 20-year gap, how music helped her think again and the support...

HCML has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. The firm provides rehabilitation case management, treatment and occupational healthcare services for personal injury, workplace health and...

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, an adviser working for LifeSearch speaks to Health & Protection about securing life cover for a customer who subsequently took their own life. Their account is...

Unum is entering the cash plan market with a product for organisations with at least four employees that can be employer or employee paid. Unum UK CEO Mark Till told Health &...

Employers face a growing challenge managing sickness-related absence and the pressure looks set to accelerate. From April 2026, changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will come into effect under the Employment Rights...

High medical inflation is causing companies across the globe to seek more bang for their buck from international private medical insurance (IPMI). The desire to expand globally now extends as much to...

Healthcare costs are a key concern for employers operating across Malaysia, with some firms seeing 5-10% annual benefits increases. This according to Aon’s 2025 Malaysia Employee Benefits and Wellbeing Report which surveyed...