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With employers placing greater emphasis on maintaining employee health and wellbeing, Steve Langan explains how the right advice is vital when introducing a comprehensive healthcare strategy.

The medical insurance market has witnessed a change in attitude towards employee health and wellbeing of late, not least among the hierarchy of UK PLC. Recent trends in the US have shown that employers are increasingly providing a broader range of healthcare benefits and preventative health services to their staff - and this approach is now starting to be mirrored in the UK. In addition, UK employers are demanding more than just price comparison broking from their insurance intermediaries. Calls for genuine professional consultancy and added-value services from brokers have been gathering...

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