Generali Employee Benefits (GEB) UK and Bupa have agreed a commercial partnership initiative to drive forward wellbeing programmes designed for UK employers who are part of a multinational group.
The initiative aims to give employers access to the back-to-work support they need with a specific focus on risk assessment, testing and support mechanisms to improve an individual’s COVID-19 risk factors.
The partnership also covers GEB’s multinational pooling, global underwriting programme (GUP) and captive clients. It affords the potential for joined-up thinking – on a local UK level – with regards to health, wellbeing and risk data collection and analysis.
Beyond the pandemic, the intention is to provide a sustainable framework for an ongoing focus on supporting employee physical and psychological wellbeing long-term.
The commercial partnership will see a range of Bupa’s employer-funded wellbeing services
made accessible to GEB UK’s group income protection (GIP) clients, where a specific need is identified, via part-funding from Generali.
This will allow the parent company increased central visibility of local actions, allowing for best practice sharing, global engagement reporting and more targeted budget allocation.
Simon Thomas, director, GEB UK, said: “This is a proud day for GEB UK. We’re delighted to be a commercial partner with Bupa. Everything GEB UK does is underpinned by principles of commercial partnership working and sustainability. And today’s announcement helps demonstrate loud and clear that we are walking the talk.”
Alaana Woods, commercial director, Bupa Health Clinics, commented: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Generali to offer a range of services to support employers safely return their staff to the workplace. We know that a lot of people are feeling anxious or overwhelmed about returning to work and we want to do all we can to help businesses create an environment where their employees feel safe, now and into the future.”
