Our History
From the start of Health Assured to where we are today as HA | Wisdom Wellbeing.
HA | Wisdom Wellbeing timeline
Health Assured Ltd has a long history for suppling counselling, HR, legal and financial support to SMEs, and we’re now in a place where we supply this across the globe. Now supporting 12.5 million lives across 88,000 organisations globally, HA | Wisdom Wellbeing has grown to be the leading provider of EAPs in Ireland.
2007
- Health Assured is founded
2011
- Acquired by the Done Brothers – owners of The Peninsula Group and integrated the business into wider HR, legal, and health & safety services in July
2013
- Health Assured has 40 employees
2015
Business grows through the acquisition of Capita Health and Wellbeing
Migrated to Service Cloud to improve service delivery
Health Assured has 128 employees
2016
- Health Assured has 144 employees
2017
- David Price is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Health Assured
2018
- New Manchester HQ opens in The Peninsula Building
2019
- Health Assured Awarded Investors In People
2020
Launch of new technological solutions – such as the My Healthy Advantage mobile app and SilverCloud Online CBT
Health Assured has 200+ employees
2021
Bertrand Stern-Gillet is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Health Assured
Acquisition of second floor in Manchester HQ
Expansion of Health Assured offices in Cork, Ireland
Launch of live video calling via the My Healthy Advantage app
Counselling team expanded to remote working, increasing the number of counsellors available on the 24/7 helpline
2022
Health Assured has 250+ employees
Real Living Wage accredited
Launch of our exclusive affiliate club to demonstrate our investment in counselling resources across the UK and Ireland
Launch of Undivided, our DEI network
Upgrade of telephony structure to a cloud-based platform
Launch of The Mental Health Hour – an interactive Q&A with one of our counsellors via social media
2023
Launch of the Wisdom App – replacing My Healthy Advantage
Won Sunday Times Best Places to work 2023
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society accreditation
2024
Expansion into Australia
Sunday Times Best Places to work 2024
2025
Expansion into New Zealand & Dublin
2,000 affiliates on the network
Awarded Inclusive Excellence
Brand name evolution to HA | Wisdom Wellbeing to align with our global expansion
Fred and Peter Done are brothers who originated from Ordsall, Salford. They control the Peninsula Business Services which also houses brands such as Peninsula, Croner, Graphite, Irwell Law, BrightHR, HA | Wisdom Wellbeing (Health Assured) and more.