Health Shield has extended its newly launched occupational health platform to include home-working, returning from furlough and onsite risk surveillance assessments. It says there is a need for intermediaries to focus on...
Employers are being warned that they are obliged to provide free eye-teste for employers, regardless of whether they are working at home or in the office, as evidence suggests there has been...
It’s an exciting time for the healthcare market, with the pandemic changing attitudes to health as well as the way we access treatment. These shifts will have significant ramifications for the cost and...
When the government announced it had signed a deal to use the independent healthcare sector’s capacity to help fight Covid-19, the medical insurers’ pledge not to profit from the pandemic was seen as...
Amazon is launching itself as a healthcare provider to employers in the United States, offering medical care and advice, with a 24/7 service that offers in-app chat or video conference diagnosis, home...
Bupa corporate clients will receive payouts of around one month’s premiums as part of a £125m rebate package following the temporary disruption to some medical treatments last year as are result of...
Logins to WPA’s health app increased by a factor of 12 during lockdown, with over 200,000 customer engagements with it in the year to February 2021. The app, which gives a claims...
Covid has plunged the nation into a new age of ambiguity, in which previously certain elements of our social and working lives are overlapping and changing beyond recognition – with big consequences...
One in four expats has covered their family with new health insurance plans during the coronavirus pandemic, with 35.5 per cent adding family members to their current insurance plan. Figures from Aetna...
With dental and optical the top two benefits on healthcare cash plans, the closure of these services during lockdown presented a challenge to the sector. But, by being forced to find other...
