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Legal & General has added RedArc support services to all new Critical Illness policies that are sold through intermediaries. The support, which will be known as the Legal & General Nurse Support Service, will enable policyholders to benefit from practical advice and emotional support delivered by a team of qualified nurses, when patients are diagnosed with… Continue reading →

Summary Following a long and successful relationship together, Canada Life worked with RedArc on an eight-month project to better understand how, in partnership, employers and employees can be more fully supported during mental health-related absence. Feedback has been very positive, and Canada Life is delighted with the first-class support provided by RedArc. The decision has… Continue reading →

Jan Dryden, Director of Nursing Services at RedArc, has today announced her retirement at the end of this year, and Sue Kinsella, previously a senior nurse at RedArc, is working closely with Jan to take over as Head of Nursing Services. Jan was recruited by RedArc over 20 years ago (since its inception) as the company’s… Continue reading →

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 →