Healthcare

Aviva Health has appointed Dr Jochem Caris as its new associate medical director. Caris, who was previously a surgical fellow at the London Clinic, reports to Dr Doug Wright, medical director at...

Female employees at Unum will be offered access to Bupa’s menopause plan. Unum says this announcement, on International Women’s Day, is designed to remove the taboo around women’s health.  This plan offers staff...

Employee benefits broker Direct Healthline has been bought by Partners& for an undisclosed sum.  Partners& also announced it was entering into a strategic partnership with advice firm Advo Group, which will see...

HSBC has signed a new five-year agreement with Marsh to provide broking services across, group risk, property, casualty, and other risk transfer solutions for its HSBC Commercial Banking customers. The new five-year agreement...

Around 1.3 million people in the UK had long Covid last December, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, with more than 0.5 million saying it had lasted for more...

Premier Choice Healthcare has continued to build its presence in the UK healthcare sector, with the acquisition of brokers Amba Care and Wellbeing for an undisclosed sum.  This is the third acquisition...

There has been a profound shift in the employee benefits market in recent years, from products and policies that are predominantly designed to kick in when employees are ill, injured or signed...

In the UK, 1 in 3 people living with cancer are of working age according to the MacMillian  foundation. In practice, this means that the human resources (HR) department of a large...

The CIPD has called for employers to better support employees with Long Covid to return to, or stay in, work. But insurers like ourselves are already providing this support to many employers...

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions were found to be the most costly disease for multinationals and accounted for 12 per cent of private medical claims costs according to new a study Maxis Global Benefits...