Wellbeing & Mental Health

The Social Market Foundation has thrown down the gauntlet to employers to place the same importance on raising awareness about chronic pain as they do mental health. The think tank claims more...

US health benefits provider NationsBenefits has reached agreement to acquire health and wellness food manufacturer DeliverLean. The firm said its latest acquisition forms part of its strategic vision to expand its healthy...

US employee wellness platform Gympass has partnered with total people investment company Sequoia to join its selective Wellbeing Bundles offering. The partnership means Gympass has been made available as an add-on benefit...

Income protection (IP) is the most desired group risk or healthcare benefit for employers but it is also one of the least commonly provided in schemes, according to research. In contrast more...

NatWest Group has launched menopause support through health app Peppy to its 39,000-strong workforce and its partners in the UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland. The banking group...

Private medical insurance (PMI) has surged in popularity as an employee benefit over the last year, according to XpertHR. Two thirds (65%) of employers surveyed in the latest research said they provided...

Two thirds of women experiencing perimenopause or menopause say their work has been impacted, according to research by MetLife. The insurer quizzed 355 women with 69% saying their work had been detrimentally...

Booming use of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) triggered by the pandemic means there is now a greater importance on the quality of data coming from these services, according to the Worldwide Broker...

Stand-up comedian, presenter and podcaster Chris Ramsey is set to host the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 which is being held in just eight weeks. A TV favourite, Ramsey (pictured) recently...

US healthcare benefits broker Nava Benefits has appointed Patrick Kehoe as chief operating officer (COO). Kehoe (pictured) will be responsible for scaling the company's benefit consulting, client success and operations teams to...