AXA Global Healthcare’s new Mind Health Report reveals a notable generational divide in how expats experience and manage their mental wellbeing. The fifth edition of the report shows that while older expats lean on their resilience and life experience, younger expats are more open about the challenges they face. It also highlights how younger generations are driving the adoption of AI and digital mind health tools, even though many report being adversely affected by excessive use of social media.

New research from APRIL International reveals that cost, inadequate reimbursement and confusion about healthcare systems are preventing expats from accessing care - even when they have health insurance.

An overwhelming 93% of expatriates surveyed stated that they have health cover, yet more than half (53%) have delayed or forgone care that they needed, according to the 2026 Expat Health Barometer, concluded in partnership with Expat Communication and Caisse des Français de l’Étranger (CFE).

Based on responses from more than 6,400 expatriates living in over 80 countries, the findings reveal a significant gap between having health insurance and feeling genuinely protected abroad.

The latest findings from AXA Global Healthcare's World of Work series highlight where organisations can focus their efforts to close the gap between how they support assignees, and the experience reported by people they send abroad.

The third edition in the World of Work series draws on insights from 689 HR decision-makers and 641 non-native assignees across ten markets, examining what is needed for organisations to keep internationally mobile employees performing their best on assignment. As the expectations of assignees continue to evolve, with demand for personalised, flexible support growing alongside shifting motivations for taking placements, the in-assignment period has become the most complex and consequential stage of the assignment journey.