Healthcare

Health secretary Matt Hancock set out plans to make prevention a central plank of the upcoming NHS long term plan, and a green paper will be published on this issue next year. ...

Zurich Insurance  has launched a new three-year research programme in conjunction with the University of Oxford to look at how today’s workers can get adequate financial protection. This ‘Agile Protection’ study will...

He announced details of a new mental health crisis service as part of a 10-year plan for the NHS,  which will include a 24-hour hotline, mental health support provided in all A&E...

The letter - signed by Bupa’s chief executive Alex Perry, Axa PPP’s chief executive Keith Gibbs, Aviva chief executive of global health Mark Noble and Vitality UK chief executive Neville Koopowitz -...

With premiums a matter of pounds a week, dental and optical plans are rarely top of the agenda for employee benefits advisers. But, as these benefits can play a valuable part in an...

So called ‘added-value services’ have grown in popularity with protection insurers in recent years. We were the first company to partner with an insurer in offering one. Insurers keen to differentiate loyalty and build trust...

You may not know it but your personal health could about to be up for sale. CoverUS, a start-up based in the USA announced significant investment and has entered the market with...

The majority of organisations today are still operating benefit and reward structures that simply do not fit with the modern workplace. There is a greater focus on pension schemes at the expense...

At a high level the IDD seeks to achieve three primary objectives - undistorted competition, consumer protection and market integration, for both retail and commercial customers. The European Commission deferred the original...

This Bupa survey, published to mark World Mental Health Day (October 10) shows this as as much of a concern that their physical health or academic performance. Many workplace wellbeing programmes now...