Entries Written By Anthony Chan
The importance of an employee reward and recognition programme
Maintaining a healthy employer-employee relationship requires mutual respect and open communication, which have to be shown through actions instead of expressed via empty words. One does not have to wait until Valentine’s day to show their love to their significant others, and the same goes for employers, for it would usually be too late to …
How can HR and corporate managers assist employees overseas?
In this increasingly global business world, the advantages of working abroad are often emphasized. Indeed, it is an invaluable experience for an employee to experience different cultures, enhance their resumes, and brush up on their language skills. On the contrary, however, the downsides to sending employees to a foreign country are not discussed as frequently. …
Top 5 perks for home-based workers
After long weekends employee morale is usually low in the office, with the morning commuting hassle adding fuel to the fire. It begs the question of why we have to go to the office for work. Admittedly, technology has reshaped the workplace landscape, and many companies are starting to ditch their physical workplaces and allow …
Which countries have mandatory health insurance in 2019?
Against the backdrop of ever-increasing medical costs and aging populations, governments around the world are devising different plans to cope with mounting pressures experienced by their public healthcare systems. And the introduction of compulsory health insurance for all citizens seems to have become a mainstream solution to this problem. Many countries including France, Dubai, the …
Differences between private and public insurance in the United States
The United States is well known for its exorbitant medical costs. So much so that even international health insurance plans, which cover virtually every country in the world, often exclude America due to its high costs. While about 58 percent of the US population has private health insurance to take care of their health needs, …
Pacific Prime announces 2018 Scholarship Winner
Pacific Prime is thrilled to announce the winner of their 2018 Scholarship Programme. Maura Jones, a bachelor in nursing at Carrington College in the United States, received the scholarship prize this year – a USD 1,000 grant to go towards her education expenses. Muara entered the program by submitting an eloquent and illuminating essay on …
New release of our Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Guide
Pacific Prime is thrilled to announce their latest health guide on Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which is a welcome addition to our extensive collection of guides and reports. As the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world, HPV is a group of over 150 varieties of related viruses. As common as it is, though, there …
What should employees do when companies cut healthcare benefits?
With skyrocketing medical costs, employers nowadays are getting more concerned over their insurance budgets, especially within companies which offer more lush insurance plans that include dependent benefits, as well as dental and vision coverage. While companies strive to retain top talent and increase employee engagement with the right mix of benefits, we at Pacific Prime …
Everything you should know about working holiday insurance
Working holidays are a golden opportunity for youngsters to get out of their monotonous, routine lifestyle and discover new life experiences. For those unfamiliar with the scheme, it is a bilateral arrangement agreement signed between two governments to allow young people to work and travel overseas. While it is wonderful to embrace new opportunities, such …
Five tips to innovate your company’s employee benefits
As an insurance brokerage, we here at Pacific Prime have seen all forms of new and innovative employee benefits. Sometimes these perks are oftentimes so creative that office ping-pong tables or birthday leave seem to pale in comparison. Examples include work anniversary gifts, botox leave, protest training, pawternity leave, and even a dating subsidy. Unique …
