Wellbeing & Mental Health

Only one in four employers are offering emotional support such as counselling to employees, while a similarly small proportion of organisations tailor their benefits to specific workforce demographics, studies have found. Research...

UK bosses claim that ensuring robust mental and physical health among employees is key to increasing productivity and profitability, and is the main aim of health and wellbeing policies. The vast majority...

MPs are calling on government to appoint a menopause ambassador who would report every six months on "particularly poor" employer practices in supporting menopausal women. The recommendation features in a cross-party House...

The provision and servicing of group risk, group health insurance and other workplace benefit schemes is not covered by Consumer Duty rules, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed. However small and...

Aviva is seeing group risk and private medical insurance (PMI) schemes being brought together as clients and advisers are seeking to get greater value from their premiums. The insurer told Health &...

Guardian has made changes to its mental health underwriting question set and made enhancements related to asthma, diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol. The underwriting changes are aimed at supporting full disclosure and making...

Italian mental health platform and benefits firm Unobravo has raised a €17m in a series A funding round which will be used to develop its technology and products and expand internationally. Unobravo...

Around 4% of triple vaccinated adults reported experiencing long Covid symptoms 12 weeks after infection, according to official data. Office for National Statistics data for the period to 27 May 2022 reveals...

Relaxed dress codes, avoiding 'adult sitting' and ice lollies have been the order of the day as advisers cope with sweltering heat and are preparing for even more next week. With the...

HCML is expanding its corporate services division and remodelling its management referrals service following a 78% increase in new customers since the start of 2020. The remodelled services include workplace capability assessments...