Healthcare

Three out of four HR and finance directors are looking to review their employee benefits package as a direct result of the Covid pandemic.  Speaking at a panel at the Corporate Adviser...

Aviva has launched a new smartphone health app, designed to help employers offer greater support to employees during the current crisis. The DigiCare+ Workplace app is available to employees with group protection...

Less than a third of employers believe they are providing a ‘great’ service for employees when it comes to HR and benefits technology, according to new research. Mercer Marsh Benefits report found...

It’s been a tough six months for the group medical insurance market. As well as having to shift employees to homeworking, insurers and brokers have had to manage customer expectations when the private...

The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on working patterns has undoubtedly reinforced the importance of effective health and wellbeing strategies within the workplace. Gaps in many current strategies have been highlighted by the recent health...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is leading the charge on the battle of the bulge. It’s a personal mission and the timing, in theory, couldn’t be better considering the link between obesity and...

Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has partnered with low cost health insurer Equipsme. Howden says this partnership will enable it to offer new options to employers who want to extend health benefits...

Seven out of 10 employees say they are not ‘resilient’ in the wake of the  coronavirus pandemic, according to new research.  This Aon survey, which covers employers across Europe, also found that...

Digital GP services — which have been increasingly offered during the Covid crisis — have seen an increase in out-of-hours appointments. Research from AIG Life shows that one in six people using...

The financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic are causing mental health problems for many of those in the ‘sandwich generation’.  More than half of adults aged 45 to 54 - who are...