Engaging employees in their workplace benefits is one of HR’s most consistent challenges. Even with the best communication strategies and digital tools, capturing and holding employees’ attention is harder...
Read moreDetailsAre weight-loss drugs the medical innovation the insurance industry has been waiting for? Could they reshape claims experience across mortality, longevity and medical insurance products? Research by Swiss Re...
Read moreDetailsEmployees are increasingly using private health insurance for routine medical problems, rather than serious conditions, according to the latest claims data from VitalityHealth. Its 2025 Health Claims and Insights...
Read moreDetailsNew research from Bupa Dental Insurance reveals a growing disconnect between what employees expect from their benefits package and what employers are currently offering. A striking two-thirds (66%) of...
Read moreDetailsHealthcare providers and MPs are calling for co-ordinated action to improve dental health, with better access to both NHS care alongside private employee benefits. These calls came at a...
Read moreDetailsMental health claims made through private health insurance have more than doubled in just five years, according to new data from Vitality, underscoring the growing demand for workplace mental...
Read moreDetailsDental insurance remains a key gap in workplace wellbeing packages as two in three employees would like dental cover as part of their benefits but only one in three...
Read moreDetailsCigna Healthcare’s Global Health Benefits (GHB) business has expanded its partnership with Carrot Fertility to offer end-to-end support for fertility, family-building and hormonal health to eligible employees and covered...
Read moreDetailsEmployers risk higher burnout, disengagement and absenteeism if they fail to support neurodivergent employees, according to Heka. According to Heka’s 2026 Employee Wellbeing Report, there’s been a sixfold increase...
Read moreDetailsReframe Cancer has appointed Denise Wond as marketing director. Wond will head up Reframe’s marketing function and report directly to CEO Mark Stephenson. She has previously led marketing functions...
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The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
