HR & Employment

Generali Aims To Make Healthy Lifestyle Mandatory for Employees

More companies are realising that employees are suffering a heavy toll simply commuting to work, with many in major European cities spending 2-3 hours per day travelling on overcrowded trains, trams and buses. Then there’s […]

Insurance Brokers

HR: Ecclesiastical Launches Broker Wellbeing Videos

Ecclesiastical has partnered with motivational speaker Chris Moon to produce a series of videos aimed at helping brokers to manage stress and wellbeing. The specialist insurer has produced the guidance in response to its 2019 Broker […]

HR & Employment

New Survey Finds Self-Employed Work Whilst Sick, Too Busy to See a GP

New research from AIG Life Limited shows self-employed people are working while ill as they worry about arranging medical appointments during working hours. Its study among more than 2,000 employees and self-employed workers found more than three […]

HR & Employment

Diversity: 200 Companies Sign Up to Valuable 500 Initiative

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, disability inclusion campaign The Valuable 500 has announced that 200 global companies have now committed to leading on the inclusion of people with disabilities and addressing this […]

News

UK Insurers Sign Up to Parental Leave Equality

Some of the UK’s biggest insurance and long-term savings companies have signed up to an ABI-led sector initiative aimed at ensuring transparent, easily accessible information on parental leave and pay policies. Coinciding with the start […]

Legal

Legal: Horwich Farrelly Joins Disability Confident Scheme

Demonstrating its commitment to enhancing diversity and inclusion, Manchester headquartered insurance industry law firm, Horwich Farrelly, has signed up to the government-run Disability Confident scheme.  Achieving certification on the first tier of the scheme illustrates […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker Market: Beazley Adds New Product Lines for Companies

Beazley has added two new product lines to broker e-trading platform myBeazley to meet the needs of UK domiciled private businesses with a turnover of up to £350m. UK brokers can now access Beazley’s comprehensive […]

HR & Employment

5.3 Million Brits Would Love to Run Their Own Business, Says Direct Line

The entrepreneurial dream is alive and well in the UK reveals new research collated by Direct Line for Business. Some 5.3 million people (10 per cent) dream of becoming their own boss in the future, […]