Wellbeing & Mental Health

Employee wellbeing and benefits provider Vivup has joined group risk industry body Grid. Karl Bennett, wellbeing director at Vivup, said: “Having worked with Grid in a previous role, it demonstrated the value...

The judging panel for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 has been revealed. In all 37 experts and leaders from across the health, protection and international insurance and workplace benefits industry...

Sickness absence rates hit 3.1% in 2021 translating to an average 7.3 sick days per employee - the highest level since 2009, according to data from XpertHR. The firm, which surveyed 149...

Vitality saw a "significant" increase in the use of primary care services by its members as part of a "fundamental shift" in how people use their private medical insurance (PMI).  The data...

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...