Wellbeing & Mental Health

The mental health of the UK population has taken a battering during the pandemic and beyond. The fallout has affected everyone - including those working in the private medical insurance (PMI) and...

The number of people in the UK suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year has increased to more than 800,000, according to official figures. Latest Office for National...

To kick off Pride Month, Health & Protection speaks to Chris Bailey-Munt, B2B content and social media manager for intermediary marketing at Aviva, about considering whether he should refer to his "partner"...

Vitality has found that even small amounts of regular exercise can cut the average costs per claim for its members needing hospital treatments. Analysis of Vitality data for in-hospital and day treatment...

The protection industry must do more to help brokers effectively tackle harrowing calls where customers talk about ending their own lives, according to Alan Knowles, managing director at Cura Financial Services. Knowles...

Working To Wellbeing has released further details of its line manager assistance programme (LMAP) which supports and equips line managers to help with their teams' mental and physical wellbeing at work. Last...

Legal & General has entered into an exclusive partnership with Fruitful Insights to gauge the costs associated with impaired wellbeing and productivity and the factors underpinning these losses. Based on this intelligence, intermediaries...

Unum is proposing an overhaul of the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) system that would abolish the minimum earnings threshold to make all workers eligible and which would more than double the maximum...

Maxis Global Benefits Network (Maxis GBN) has added virtual reality (VR) programmes focused on mental health and stopping smoking to the list of third-party benefits available through its network. The services offered...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will cancel or change permissions of regulated firms not conducting those activities within a month as part of a drive to improve consumer protection. The FCA will...