What are insurers and employers doing to help prevent suicide?

Today may be World Suicide Prevention Day but, with suicide representing the main cause of death of men under 49 and one in 14 women attempting suicide (compared with one in 25 men), it is an issue the financial services sector needs to address all year round. The Samaritans' Suicide Statistics Report has estimated that more than 800,000 take their own lives each year across the world while, in the UK, 5,821 people died by suicide in 2017 Considering we spend 47 years of our lives at work, there is a massive responsibility for all employers to spot struggling employees and take steps ...