Wellbeing & Mental Health
Canada Life launches mental wellbeing app for all insured firms
Canada Life has launched MyStrength, a mental wellbeing app for all employees of companies that have a protection policy with the insurer - including those staff not directly covered by the scheme....
Read moreLegal & General launches neurodiversity support for GIP
Legal & General has launched a neurodiversity support as part of its group income protection (GIP) claims proposition. The neurodiversity pathway is designed for employees who are absent from work and their...
Read moreDoctor Care Anywhere turns to former CFO as second interim CEO in six months
Doctor Care Anywhere Group has appointed its second interim CEO in the space of six months. In a statement the healthcare provider revealed it is welcoming back former chief financial officer Ben...
Read moreBest Health Insurance Adviser profile Paul Bridges: ‘Advisers have a role in supporting businesses and doing the best for employees’
Continuing our series of profiles with Health & Protection Awards 2022 winners, Towergate Health & Protection principal health and wellbeing consultant Paul Bridges explains how employers are taking a wider look at...
Read morePMI take-up doubles in a year as more than one in five pay for cover
The share of UK adults using private medical insurance (PMI) has nearly doubled in the past year as waits for NHS treatment remain at record levels. Almost one in four adults are...
Read more‘RedArc has taught me about the value of personal support and human empathy’ – Husbands
As RedArc celebrates 25 years since it first launched, managing director Christine Husbands speaks to Health & Protection about starting out as the support service's finance director, the firm's role in value...
Read moreMetLife UK extends virtual GP access to all individual protection customers
MetLife UK is extending access to its GP24 service to all individual protection policyholders including its 350,000 existing customers for no extra cost. The insurer said it was a first for non-underwritten...
Read moreWorld Cancer Day: ‘I can hand on heart say how important having adequate life insurance is’ – Trang Tran, MetLife
Ahead of World Cancer Day on 4 February, MetLife strategic account manager Trang Tran (pictured), who has worked in the insurance sector for almost a quarter of a century, speaks to Health...
Read moreEAPs and local NHS collaboration key to helping staff stuck on waiting lists
A combination of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) and reaching out to local NHS services could play a key role in supporting the health of staff stuck on waiting lists. This is according...
Read moreAlmost 700k people suffering long Covid for two years
Almost 700,000 people have been suffering with long Covid symptoms for at least two years, according to latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures for 2 January show...
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