Three in five brokers suffer from work-related stress
Research from Ecclesiastical shows that brokers working for national networks are significantly more likely to experience a mental health issue than brokers working for regional and provincial brokers.
Stress is still the most commonly experienced mental health issue at work, according to Ecclesiastical’s latest Broker Wellbeing Survey.
Insurance Age can reveal that stress is affecting three in five brokers out of the 200 surveyed by the specialist insurer.
This is a slight improvement from last year, when the research showed that 78% of respondents felt stressed at work, with a third of these experiencing stress at least once a week.
This year’s findings also revealed that 37% of brokers
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