Wellbeing & Mental Health

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 are open for entries from advisers, while voting for the provider awards is also underway. There are 15 Awards for advisers to highlight the quality...

April is Stress Awareness Month so Health & Protection spoke to professionals across the health and protection sectors to find out what their go-to exercises are for reducing stress. We have had...

Half of HR professionals do not think 2022’s overhaul of fit notes have made them more useful in absence management. However, there is some support for the system as a whole. In...

Mental Health UK’s 2026 Burnout Report found the risk of stress turning into burnout is high, with more than 90% of adults experiencing extreme levels of stress in the last year and...

Legal & General (L&G) has added a digital mental health pathway provided by Spectrum.Life to its Spark app. Available to entire workforces of L&G’s group protection clients, whether all individuals and their...

Kara Connect has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. Kara Connect is a Nordic-based digital platform providing corporate mental health and wellbeing support. They provide...

Syrona Health has launched a medically supervised weight-loss programme that is available through insurers, intermediaries and employer benefit schemes. The virtual programme offers clinician-led assessment and prescribing of GLP-1 medication as well...

Aviva paid £1.99bn across 61,632 individual and group protection claims last year. This was up from £1.89bn across 61,975 claims in 2024. The insurer paid more than 51,000 individual protection claims last...

Spire Healthcare has launched an end‑to‑end workplace health solution designed to help employers proactively improve employee wellbeing, reduce sickness absence, and boost productivity. Spire Workplace Health is a single proposition spanning prevention,...

Medigold Health has revamped its preventative primary care service by reducing the length of its medical assessments by three-quarters, offering unlimited access to a GP and providing mobile health tests. The provider...