Mental Health

While more employers feel greater responsibility for their staff health and wellbeing, the number of firms prepared to formalise a strategy to do anything about it remains unchanged on last year. This...

Insurers say they are continuing work to ensure the needs of vulnerable customers and those with mental health issues are met, and that providers always abide with the Equality Act. The Association...

Mental health and wellbeing provider LifeWorks has acquired Breaking Free, a UK-based provider of behavioural health solutions for substance use intervention. LifeWorks said it expects the purchase will accelerate growth by adding...

Advisers are practicing what they preach when it comes to mental health this Time to Talk Day. Today is Time to Talk Day - a day dedicated to driving mental health conversations...

Research from Legal & General has uncovered a stark contrast between the way in which workers in the north of England perceive how their employer looks after their wellbeing when compared to...

Insurers are likely to be failing to meet legal duties set out in the Equality Act 2010 when engaging with people with mental health concerns, according to research by the Money and...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 is now open for adviser entries. This year’s awards include new categories to specifically recognise the achievements of smaller firms and individual excellence. The Best...

Sodexo UK and Ireland has engaged Spectrum.Life to provide a revamped employee assistance programme (EAP) digital wellbeing service for the organisation's staff. Sodexo has provided an EAP to staff since 2015. However...

Chubb has appointed Alex Faynberg as division president of Chubb Workplace Benefits. In his new role Faynberg (pictured) will be responsible for overall growth and profitability of the insurer and will report...

Paul Murphy, exercise rehabilitation specialist at EQL, tells Health & Protection how a career in the armed forces paved the way for his change of career, why his father is his role...