Healthcare

More than 2.5 million people are unable to work due to long-term sickness, with the Health Foundation forecasting that the number of working-age people living with major illness is set to grow...

The number of private health admissions funded through medical insurance continues to rise, with significant increases in mental health and cancer claims.  The latest PHIN data, analysed by consultants Broadstone shows private...

Anne Drugnick is to head Secondsight’s health and protection division, following the successful acquisition and integration of Punter Southall’s employee benefits advisory business. Secondsight is the employee benefits consulting arm of Foster...

SPONSORED CONTENT Why are more employers looking at healthcare cover? There are around 35m employees in the UK, but only about 6m of them have healthcare through their workplace, be it private...

Belfast-based financial services firm  Kerr Henderson (KHFS) has been acquired by Michael Blaney, managing director of Ashtree Financial Services, and former owner of Autoline, for an undisclosed sum. The merger of KHFS and...

Hybrid workers are both healthier and more productive than office workers or those solely working from home, according to new research from Vitality. This findings, part of its regular ‘Britain’s Healthiest Workplace’...

Falling inflation, rising wages and the whiff of an interest rate cut suggest the worst of the cost of living crisis is behind us. But with the Financial Conduct Authority’s research showing...

  Family-friendly policies are beneficial for employees, but also for business and the economy. Pro-parenting policies introduced by Nordic countries over the past 50 years have boosted gross domestic product (GDP) by...

The government continues to collect record amounts of insurance premium tax, with £615m collected in the first month of this financial year. This figure is 12 per cent higher than the equivalent...

Last year Royal London was the only provider to achieve a prestigious five-star rating in Corporate Adviser’s Service Ratings report — but do other providers deserve this honour this year?  These comprehensive...