Healthcare

Patients will soon be able to use the NHS app to book private hospital treatment, a move that has been welcomed by the trade body for the medical insurance industry. The Association...

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...

Dutch insurer elipsLife has joined the Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions network. This network supports multinational companies with risk management and financing solutions for their employee benefits plans, working with a number...

Aviva will repay a further £47m to private medical insurance customers as its final Covid reimbursement.  However this latest payment will only be made to SME and individual policyholders, not larger corporates....

DATA AND PURPOSE SPECIAL REPORT: IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNUM The recent proliferation of wellbeing options has given employers more data than ever before to shed light on their employees’ wellbeing needs –...

DATA AND PURPOSE: SPECIAL REPORT - IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNUM When it came to putting together a benefits package, it used to be enough to replicate what the competition offered. But, with...

How are employee benefit propositions addressing the issues employers and employees face today? There is a fierce war for talent across many industries, and employee benefits is playing an increasingly important role...

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...

Healix International has launched a new risk management tool, offering automated assessments of the medical, logistical and security risks posed to employees who are travelling for work purposes. This covers potential dangers...

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Debra Clark to the newly-created role of head of wellbeing. In this role Clark will be responsible for developing a market-leading employee wellbeing proposition, and delivering...