Cash Plans

What is driving growth in the cash plan market?  Employee health and wellbeing has moved up the corporate agenda since the Covid pandemic. We now see companies across all sectors looking to...

Younger ‘Gen Z’ workers have higher rates of absence than older employees, and this appears to be driven by financial worries according to new research. Cash plan provider Health Shield Friendly Society...

Financial pressures on both individuals and organisations mean employers are looking for ways to deliver more for less. Offering benefits through salary sacrifice is a cost-effective option, with April’s national insurance increase...

Business is booming across healthcare benefits as employers look to support the health and wellbeing of their workforces. But, with inflation putting budgets under pressure, cost-effective options are proving popular.  Among the...

The employee benefits sector has strengthened significantly in the wake of the Covid pandemic. The health and wellbeing of staff has now moved towards the top of many employers’ agenda, with the...

The workplace health and protection sector continued to grow across virtually all product lines, with insurers increasing both the number of employees covered and overall number of employer clients across group life,...

Changes to the IR35 rules in April 2021 have clearly resulted in some self-employed workers joining company payrolls. But overall, the numbers of contractors, freelancers and other ‘non-traditional workers’ have been skyrocketing....

Health Shield Friendly Society has appointed Jacqui Carr to be its new chief executive. Carr has worked at the cash plan provider for a number of years, and has been responsible for...

With a recent report from Randstat UK claiming almost a quarter of UK workers plan to quit their roles, businesses are at risk of productivity and financial crises. But what are the...

Around 1.3 million people in the UK had long Covid last December, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, with more than 0.5 million saying it had lasted for more...