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Employee health is critical to business health.

When you build a culture of wellbeing and safety, you help people stay healthy, engaged, and productive. That strengthens workforce resilience.

Why employee health drives resilience

The health and security of your workforce are essential to business performance. When these are compromised, organisations can face disruption, talent loss, rising costs, and reputational damage.

That risk extends beyond periods of crisis. Long-term health conditions — including diabetes, lung disease, cancer, and mental health issues — can also weaken organisational performance, leading to higher costs, when they are not managed well.

According to Marsh’s Health on Demand 2025 report, 76% of employees who receive 10 or more employer-sponsored benefits say they are thriving in their current role. The report also found that 76% of employees with access to 10 or more benefits feel their employer cares about their health and wellbeing, and 81% are confident they can afford the healthcare they and their family need.

Poorly designed plans can hurt engagement, miss the needs of vulnerable populations, and weaken employer brand. The right approach to employee health and wellbeing can help you support your people and improve business outcomes.

Make employee health a business imperative

To build resilience in the workplace, employee health needs support from across the business — including HR, reward, risk, finance, and executive sponsors.

That means planning for the design, delivery, and financing of solutions that improve access to quality care and strengthen workforce health benefits. It also means supporting wellbeing at work before issues become business problems.

Organisations that take a proactive approach can better address health risks, support employee health insurance and benefits strategy, and build a stronger culture of safety and wellbeing.

How Marsh Health and Benefits can help

We can help you build a healthier, more resilient workforce by:

Understanding the health needs and profile of your workforce through employee listening and analysis of available health risk data
Reviewing your current health and benefit programmes to identify gaps to identify where employee needs are not being met
Benchmarking your programmes against current and emerging best practice to assess programmes for competitiveness with the market
Designing a joined-up approach that supports physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing

Working together, we can help you build employee health and wellbeing strategies that support your people and strengthen your business.

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