PMI is 'most desired' employee benefit

According to Capita findings

Adam Saville
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Survey of 1,894 UK employees to better understand workplace benefits

Analysis from The Knowledge Academy based on data from Capita has revealed that 42.7% of UK employees said that private medical insurance (PMI) was the benefit they would most like to see as part of their employee benefit package. The second most desirable benefit was retail vouchers (35%), however life insurance finished closely behind (34.5%) followed by private dental insurance (32.1%) and gym membership (30.3%). Critical illness was a priority for 27.4% and income protection was chosen by 20.3%, however it lagged behind both health screening (26.3%) and travel insurance (22.8%). ...

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