Wellbeing
PMI
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.
10 June 2015
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4 min read
Employee Benefits
Health Assured, part of Peninsula Business Services Group, has acquired Capita's employee assistance programme business, formerly called First Assist.
03 June 2015
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Technology
VSP Global has announced the development of a prototype combining health-tracking technology into the frames of a pair of glasses.
15 May 2015
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1 min read
Group Protection
More than 1,500 employees returned to work following rehabilitation from group risk benefits, according to trade body Group Risk Development (Grid).
05 May 2015
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Employee Benefits
A fifth of employers want the next government to do more to support staff wellbeing, research from Group Risk Development (GRiD) has found.
15 April 2015
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Employee Benefits
The threshold for employers to foresee stress related illnesses in the workplace has been judged as a very high one.
08 April 2015
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Employee Benefits
The Health Insurance Group has found that of 50,000 health MOTs in the workplace last year 17% of the UK workforce had a BMI greater than 30 - defined as ‘clinically obese' by the World Health Organisation.
10 March 2015
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1 min read
Insurer
Vitality has announced it will sponsor Sky Sports' dedicated channel for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
16 February 2015
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1 min read
PMI
Bupa is launching a wellbeing app that lets employers support and encourage the entire workforce to improve their health.
22 January 2015
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Insurer
The latest ad campaign for Vitality has been launched with a Dachshund voiced by comedian Ade Edmonson to star alongside athletes Jonny Wilkinson and Jessica Ennis-Hill.
19 January 2015
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1 min read
