Wellbeing

Health Shield Friendly Society has appointed Jacqui Carr to be its new chief executive. Carr has worked at the cash plan provider for a number of years, and has been responsible for...

Six out of 10 employers said the shift towards remote working has caused them to rethink health and wellbeing strategies, according to new research from the trade body Group Risk Development (Grid). ...

Covid-19 has accelerated a greater awareness of mental health. The challenges associated with prolonged periods of isolation, lack of socialisation and uncertainty about the future have affected a large portion of the...

Nearly 96 per cent of employers are prioritising employee stress but only 44 per cent are concerned with heart-related illness, even though heart disease remains to be the number one cause of...

YuLife has partnered with Sleep Cycle, a sleep tracker application, to improve sleep quality among UK employees. YuLife says it will leverage Sleep Cycle’s solutions for monitoring and improving sleep health in...

Support for employees with long covid has become the second most common cause of early intervention and rehabilitation for Group Income Protection during 2021, according to Aviva. Mental health continued to be...

As they enter the third year since the beginning of the pandemic, group risk intermediaries have been busy formulating plans for 2022 that extend well beyond mere personal New Year’s resolutions. And most...

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...

There was a 50 per cent rise in physiotherapy appointments at the start of 2022, according to Unum, indicating that working from home may be creating ongoing problems for employees. The income...