Healthcare

More than a quarter of income protection claimants that returned to work during the deferred period used support services offered by Legal & General. Figures released by the insurer show that its...

Four out of 10 companies are changing their employee benefits programmes in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect it has had on working patterns. The study, by Willis Towers Watson,...

Many employers are looking to provide private Covid-19 testing for staff as part of their strategy for re-opening post lockdown. A number of private medical companies currently selling both antigen and antibody...

A recent edition of the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme highlighted a distressing issue which certainly merited the broader recognition which this publicity achieved. The programme concentrated on the plight of transgender patients...

Eight out of 10 employers believe that supporting the mental health of staff is also beneficial for their businesses, according to new research.  The survey by Group Risk Development (Grid) found that,...

Mattieu Rouot has been appointed as the new chief executive of Maxis Global Benefits Network, the employee benefits joint venture between MetLife and Axa. This appointment comes after Mauro Dugulin announced he...

Until recently, the terms ‘stay at home’, ‘social distancing’, ‘self-isolation’ and ‘quarantine’ were not used in everyday conversation and no one could have predicted that over a third of the global population...

Health Assured has partnered with SilverCloud Health to offer wellbeing support to key workers.  Wellbeing provider Health Assured will provide SilverCloud Health’s specialised Covid-19 programmes to a clients who employ essential key...

Corporate cash plan take- up is soaring, as employers and advisers wake up to the benefits these low-cost products can deliver. And, with providers keen to keep their propositions cutting- edge, they’re set...

AIG Life is offering a new next day private prescription service to all its protection insurance policyholders. This is an extension to the insurer’s Smart Health proposition, and will see prescriptions delivered...