Aon buys Willis Towers Watson to create $80bn mega consultancy
Aon is set to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30bn, in a move that will create an $80bn consultancy giant. The deal values Aon at $50bn and Willis Towers Watson at $30bn....
Healthcare
Employee benefits need to reflect environmental concerns
More than half of employers say their staff want them to develop clear policies on sustainability and the environment, according to a new benefits survey. This has increased sharply over the past...
Vitality launches new service for SMEs
VitalityHealth has launched a new PMI proposition for small to medium-sized businesses. Its Vitality at Work option allows these businesses to extend preventative healthcare services and outcomes information to their entire workforce,...
Employers urged to draw up pandemic response plan
Employment lawyers are advising UK businesses to consider the potential impact that an outbreak of the coronavirus could have on their day-to-day operations. Although there are still less than 20 confirmed cases...
Health Shield appoints new sales director
Health Shield has restructured its sales team and appointed Jason Dunks as its new sales director. The restructure enables the friendly society to offer an enhanced service to its intermediary partners, and...
Widening healthy inequality means majority disabled before SPA: Marmot 10 Years On
Widening inequalities in healthy life expectancy mean the majority of Britons will develop disabilities before state pension age that could leave them relying on working age benefits for support, a hard-hitting report...
Cost of presenteeism in workplace spirals
The UK economy lost almost £92bn as a result of ill-health related absence and presenteeism in the workplace — a £10bn increase on a the previous year, according to new research. Data...
Ian McKenna: We need Open Shopping as well as Open Banking
Wellness in all its forms, financial, mental and physical, has rightly become a hot topic in workplace advice. Barely a week goes by without a new or enhanced service being announced. But...
One in three employers fail to promote healthy lifestyles
A third of employers are failing to offer support for the physical wellbeing of staff, according to new industry research from Group Risk Development (Grid). The trade body pointed out such support...
£37 per employee per year: employers’ £900m cost of health appointments
Over 200 million working hours a year are lost to healthcare appointments, costing UK businesses an estimated £900 million in paid sick leave according to Unum. Research carried out by the insurer,...
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