Wellbeing & Mental Health

All of the challenges faced over a 40 year career as a journalist covering wars, floods and disasters could not prepare Mike McCarthy for 20 February 2021 - the day which changed...

Two in five (40%) small business owners expect the emotional recovery from the pandemic will take much longer than the financial disruption it caused. However, those firms which invested in mental health...

PG Mutual has partnered with Validium to launch a wellbeing counselling service to its members and said it has already started to see good use of the services. Validium is part of...

The pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine is adversely affecting the overall wellbeing of the UK population, with ethnic minorities hardest hit, according to the latest findings of the...

A total of £2.22bn from 30,932 claims was paid out by the group risk industry during 2021, an increase of £208.4m on 2020 figures, according to data from trade body Grid. This...

Holloway Friendly has revealed its longest ongoing income protection (IP) claim has been in payment for more than 33 years. The figure was published as part of its annual claims details which...

Employers are planning a major overhaul of their workplace benefits packages in the next two years including a greater equalisation of benefits to all employees, including female and mental health. The moves...

The mental health of staff is the top concern for senior decision makers, according to research commissioned to mark this Mental Health Awareness Week. But separate research indicates the pandemic has created...

  Mental Health Awareness Week is being held between 9 and 15 May. Here’s why opening up the conversation around mental health should be a priority for your clients. Sometimes your mental...

Unum UK has revealed it paid a total of £366m in claims in 2021, up £6.5m on 2020, with £202m of the total being for group income protection (GIP) pay outs. Cancer...