Category: Press releases

Typically, employers do not understand mental ill-health. And when their staff do have time off due to mental health conditions, they are expected to return and hit the ground running, which can be too much for many people and significantly increases the chance of further absence from work. This is according to RedArc Nurses, following… Continue reading →

  New laws that give employees the right to two weeks’ paid leave if they suffer the loss of a child would be a significant step forward in supporting grieving parents in the short term. However employers also need to consider how to support grieving parents well beyond this fortnight and should also consider the… Continue reading →

Following the release of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Occasional Paper – Ageing Population and Financial Services – RedArc’s managing director, Christine Husbands, suggests a third party ‘buffer’ could be beneficial for all parties: “Our experience shows that consumers do not adequately consider the risks of changes to their future personal circumstances such as ill health… Continue reading →

RedArc is supporting the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) with its new campaign to help increase wellbeing in small businesses across the UK. The FSB wellbeing campaign, which runs over a fortnight from 18 to 29 September, aims to give small businesses a range of tips to improve wellbeing. RedArc provides the medical care and… Continue reading →

Direct and employer-sponsored insurance policies could help reduce the UK’s suicide rate Suicide rates have been on the increase since 2007, according to figures from the Samaritan’s Suicide Statistics Report 2017, highlighting the fact that insurers and employers must not shy away from tackling mental health conditions including chronic depression, stress, anxiety, PTSD and trauma,… Continue reading →

As many as seventy-seven per cent* of UK employees have experienced a mental health issue at some point, and those experiencing mental health problems tend to be burdened by worries and concerns in three key areas (in addition to the root cause of their problem): work & finances, personal problems and finding their way around… Continue reading →

People who are living with cancer can have many separate fears and concerns according to research* by RedArc which identified 62, showing just how complicated it can be to offer support for employees and individuals with cancer. Whist treatment and prognosis obviously weigh heavily on the individual’s mind, other issues add to the mental strain… Continue reading →

Following the call to action from the FCA over two years ago, many financial institutions have taken great leaps forward in terms of recognising the signs and symptoms of vulnerable customers, but RedArc believes that insurers need to think more long term in order to take the interests of this group to the heart of… Continue reading →

Providing third-party nurse advisory services via, income protection, critical illness, life insurance and PMI products, improves customers’ view of their insurer, according to new research* from RedArc, and insurers could use this fact to help promote better uptake among their clients. In a recent survey of individuals who had accessed these services via their employer:… Continue reading →

Christine Husbands, managing director for RedArc says: “Employers need to be aware that exam stress can affect staff too – particularly those who have children who are about to sit GCSE, A-levels or end-of-college exams that affect future life choices. “Exam stress increases dramatically when families are facing other difficulties such as divorce, bereavement or… Continue reading →