Healthcare

A record 4.7m employees were covered by corporate private medical insurance last year, according to latest data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). This is the highest figure since this data...

SPONSORED CONTENT Vanessa: Only recently, the group risk industry body GRiD reported that only one third (30%) of employers offered support to help employees with serious illness, such as cancer, to stay...

RedArc has reported a 57 per cent increase in the support it provides for children over the past three years - with a third of these being for mental health.  RedArc offers ...

Reframe Cancer, which works with a number of insurers, has appointed Jenni Wilson as a non-executive director as it looks to further grow the business. Wilson has over 30 years’ commercial expertise...

Employer National Insurance contributions will increase from 13.8 percent to 15 percent from April 2025, chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed in her first Budget today. But there has been no introduction of...

Zurich has launched a new group critical illness proposition which rounds out its suite of Group Risk products. This policy offers coverage for spouses or partners with a maximum benefit of up...

MetLife UK has partnered with YuLife to launch a gamified group income protection offering, providing employees with access to a specially designed YuLife app to help reduce absenteeism and support faster returns...

Private medical insurance (PMI) has seen a significant rise in demand, with 40 per cent of employers offering it, compared to just 14 per cent last year, as “flex pots” gain popularity,...

Vitality has launched a new benefit statement for policyholders, setting out in pounds and pence the value of the various services and rewards used on its health and insurance plans.  These statements...

The Treasury collected record revenues from insurance premium tax (IPT) in the first half of this year, and has seen a strong increase in receipts from inheritance tax (IHT) and capital gains...