International employers are reaching a tipping point when it comes to communicating with their overseas staff, according to research by specialist international healthcare provider, Expacare. The study found that nearly a third are using social media website Facebook to connect with their expat workers. However there is still a tribe of traditionalists as two-fifths of...

A new corporate assistance service for business travellers and expatriate employees of multinationals has been launched. Allianz Corporate Assistance from international health and life insurer Allianz Worldwide Care aims to mitigate health risks. Multinationals operating in remote environments, for example within the mining, oil and gas industries, often face challenging conditions. For their employees, health...

New laws in Dubai have put the burden of providing international private medical insurance (iPMI) firmly on the shoulders of employers of expats. With 10,000 UK nationals having moved to the UAE since 2007 and only 16.5% of the total 8.2 million people living there being Emiratis, Jelf Employee Benefits believes this move was inevitable...