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Wellbeing

British Friendly enhances mutual benefits programme

Two new partnerships and upgrades

  • Income Protection
  • 15 February 2019
Less than fifth of employers managing staff mental health - GRiD

Only 15% taking measures to improve financial wellbeing

  • Group Protection
  • 21 January 2019
Sandwich Generation: More than one in four report mental ill-health

According to ONS

  • Long Term Care
  • 14 January 2019
Sally Campbell: Mental health vs mental illness

Why understanding the difference is important

  • Employee Benefits
  • 08 January 2019
COVER Webinar: Broke and feeling blue

The benefits of financial protection

  • Individual Protection
  • 06 December 2018
Yulife officially launches with £3m funding

Life insurance proposition using app, behavioural science and artificial intelligence

  • Employee Benefits
  • 08 November 2018
David Price: Five ways employers can help staff beat the January blues

On Blue Monday, wellbeing expert David Price hands a fistful of tips to employers looking to give staff a much-needed lift during January.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 15 January 2018
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Brett Hill: Adapting to an ageing workforce

By 2020, a third of Britain's workforce will be aged over 50 and so, writes Brett Hill, employers and insurers need to evolve and reassess how best to help older staff prolong their careers

  • Group Protection
  • 19 December 2017
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Mark Witte: Myriad of health concerns shown by employers

Mark Witte analyses the implications of some of the key conclusions of Aon's 2017 UK Health Survey of 200 organisations, including the growing recognition of the importance of an emotional health offering

  • Employee Benefits
  • 07 December 2017
Mental Health Awareness Week: Mental health absences almost as common as colds

Mental health is one of the top three reasons for employee absence (13%), after musculoskeletal conditions (48%) and general sickness, colds and bugs (15%); according to analysis of sick pay data from ECIS.

  • PMI
  • 11 May 2017
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Mental Health Awareness Week: Mind's Emma Mamo confirmed for COVER wellbeing webinar

COVER magazine is hosting a live webinar titled Improving health and wellbeing in the workplace in association with Bupa on the 10th of May 2017.

  • PMI
  • 05 May 2017
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Jessica Ennis-Hill extends Vitality partnership

Vitality has extended its partnership with Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill for another three years.

  • PMI
  • 29 March 2016
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Employees not doing enough for health and wellbeing

UK employees are not doing enough to improve their health and wellbeing, with 20% of men and 15% of women not getting their "five-a-day."

  • Employee Benefits
  • 20 August 2015
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Portus Consulting uses FitBit for employee wellbeing

Employee benefits consultancy Portus Consulting has introduced FitBit fitness devices for all staff in a bid to improve employee engagement and corporate wellness.

  • Technology
  • 21 July 2015
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Simplyhealth releases Everyday Health Tracker and Index

Simplyhealth has teamed up with YouGov to launch a new quarterly report to track the ‘broadest picture yet' of UK health and wellbeing.

  • PMI
  • 10 July 2015
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Office workers lacking time for health and wellbeing

Over a third (35%) of those whose work is mainly or solely office based spend less than an hour on physical exercise a week, with 9% doing none, a survey by Age UK and Bupa has found.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 30 June 2015
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Adviser Clinic: AXA PPP: How do advisers feel about PMI at the moment?

Gavin Shay, head of partnership development at AXA PPP healthcare, looks at how advisers feel about the current state of the PMI market.

  • PMI
  • 29 June 2015
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Adviser clinic: AXA PPP's top health and wellbeing concerns for people and businesses

Nick Jeal, head of corporate marketing at AXA PPP healthcare gives a snapshot of health and wellbeing concerns for people and businesses in this informative presentation filmed at a recent COVER adviser clinic.

  • Group PMI
  • 17 June 2015
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AXA PPP's Vickery elected to Council for Work and Health board

AXA PPP healthcare's head of musculoskeletal services, Jan Vickery, has been elected to the board of directors of the Council for Work & Health.

  • PMI
  • 15 June 2015
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PMI consolidation: views from the top

As private medical insurers announce high-profile consolidations, Fiona Murphy looks at whether this restricts choice or offers a better deal for advisers and consumers.

  • PMI
  • 10 June 2015
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Health Assured acquires Capita Health and Wellbeing

Health Assured, part of Peninsula Business Services Group, has acquired Capita's employee assistance programme business, formerly called First Assist.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 03 June 2015
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VSP develops health-tracking technology for glasses

VSP Global has announced the development of a prototype combining health-tracking technology into the frames of a pair of glasses.

  • Technology
  • 15 May 2015
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Group risk rehab returns 1,500 to work early

More than 1,500 employees returned to work following rehabilitation from group risk benefits, according to trade body Group Risk Development (Grid).

  • Group Protection
  • 05 May 2015
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Employers' election wish list includes staff wellbeing

A fifth of employers want the next government to do more to support staff wellbeing, research from Group Risk Development (GRiD) has found.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 15 April 2015
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