Talking SME wellbeing: How to help clients use data to inform wellbeing plans

'Data is critical to understanding the workforce'

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In the third in a series of monthly ‘How to’ articles on SME wellbeing, Legal & General’s distribution director, Colin Fitzgerald, looks at how to help clients use data to design and communicate a fit-for-purpose benefit and wellbeing programme

Part two of the 'Talking SME wellbeing' series, which examines how to help clients identify benefit and wellbeing needs specific to their people and their business, can be read here. First things first: Why should insurers and intermediaries even get involved in data gathering and understanding? Isn't it best left to the client? This isn't a question of ‘why wellbeing'. That is now well articulated and doesn't require detailed explanation, suffice to say there's a strong onus both ‘on' and ‘within' organisations to better support the wellbeing of their people. This is coming from v...

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