Wellbeing & Mental Health

Private healthcare providers should update redundancy procedures to take account of government's consultation on removing the legal requirement for healthcare workers to be double vaccinated, lawyers have said. The call follows government's...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 is now open for adviser entries. This year’s awards include new categories to specifically recognise the achievements of smaller firms and individual excellence. The Best...

Sodexo UK and Ireland has engaged Spectrum.Life to provide a revamped employee assistance programme (EAP) digital wellbeing service for the organisation's staff. Sodexo has provided an EAP to staff since 2015. However...

Chubb has appointed Alex Faynberg as division president of Chubb Workplace Benefits. In his new role Faynberg (pictured) will be responsible for overall growth and profitability of the insurer and will report...

Paul Murphy, exercise rehabilitation specialist at EQL, tells Health & Protection how a career in the armed forces paved the way for his change of career, why his father is his role...

Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) has appointed senior protection industry leaders Rose St Louis and Peter Hamilton to its board. The IUAD campaign funds work into research projects to search for a...

It is no secret that pandemic life has had a huge impact on our mental fitness. According to global research we conducted with Ipsos MRBI, over a third of employees claim to...

WPA is extending mental health cover on its retail health insurance plans. Cover for hospital and outpatient treatment has been added to the existing health and wellbeing helplines and structured counselling sessions...

Aetna International is launching a toolkit to help clients roll out wellbeing tools, resources and services to support their workforce. Aetna Well-being provides guidance, advice and resources, so organisations can provide clearer...

As plan B restrictions lift, insurers are intent on implementing a hybrid model where staff work from the office for part of the week and at home for the remainder. Earlier this...