Healthcare

There is a clear trend in our sector of general insurance (GI) brokers acquiring employee benefits (EB) intermediaries. This began in earnest in the UK with Aon Risk Solutions acquiring Lorica in...

The workplace financial wellbeing services provided range from seminars on a wide range of financial topics and issues, ‘lunch and learn’ sessions, and individual financial planning advice. Healix Health Services commercial director...

Public sector employers do not offer private medical insurance – for obvious reasons. But that does not mean public sector employees do not want to buy it. If advisers can use a...

The brand has been revived following the completion of the sale of Conduent’s benefits business to an investment fund managed by private equity firm HIG Capital. Buck Consultants was rebranded as a...

What do you get if you combine a stressful job at Goldman Sachs, a deep understanding of tech startups and a passion for wellbeing and behavioural psychology? For Earthmiles co-founder Megha Prakash,...

Group risk insurers have been talking generically about early intervention for years - but now they are increasingly doing so in terms of the return on investment such approaches can bring. Premier Choice...

These issues constitute a high proportion of group income protection notifications. From 2013 to 2017, absence referrals for mental health issues rose from 38 per cent to 46 per cent* of all...

The UK is on course for an all-industry pile-up that could make the crash of 2008 look like a mere prang. And the really worrying aspect is that the vast majority of...

Workplace wellbeing is becoming increasingly important to organisations and is highly valued by potential job candidates. Physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyles are causing serious health issues for the working population, making this...

The research found that 41 per cent of employers do not give regular updates of their benefits to staff, and of those that do, 39 per cent only do so annually. Recruiting...