YuLife launched in the US, we introduced meditation in-app, and we welcomed more team members. The end of the year is a time for reflection, and a lot has happened, so let's rewind and review YuLife’s 2022 biggest app updates, product launches, and company milestones.We landed in AmericaIn October this year, YuLife officially expanded to the USA!This marked a proud milestone for us as we took the next step towards redefining how people around the world derive value from financial products and helping more employees to live their best lives through a world of insurance, reward and wellbeing.Expanding our offering to the US will allow employees to earn rewards by completing everyday wellness activities, adding value and engagement in the workplace, in turn helping more businesses to benefit from healthier and more motivated teams. And we’re not stopping there… watch out for exciting expansion plans for 2023 coming soon!We launched new products In 2022, we gave YuLifers the ability to upgrade to a worry-free future with the launch of our personal insurance plans. If employees want to boost their protection (and earning power!) and make sure they keep the YuLife app should they leave their current employer, then they can purchase either a personal life or dental insurance plan directly within the YuLife employee app. And in a much anticipated new launch, YuLife teamed up with Bupa to offer business leaders group dental insurance for their employees. It's long been our most requested feature, and now, it’s here!We welcomed team membersThe YuCrew grew by an incredible 57% last year, from 149 to 234 people! We're always looking for passionate people who share our values. Our YuCrew joined us from a diverse range of industries, backgrounds and global locations and included software engineers, wellbeing practitioners, behavioural change experts, experience designers and more. If you’re interested in joining the 2023 adventure, you can take a look at our latest job roles here.We protected 500,000 livesIn 2022, we hit the milestone of 500,000 lives covered by a YuLife insurance policy, taking us to a total of 514,577 lives. That's more than half a million people empowered with the financial protection, vital support services and wellbeing tools to live their healthiest, happiest lives. We couldn’t be more thankful to each and every one of our wonderful customers for choosing us to support the everyday wellness of their employees. The app got even betterOur product development team worked very hard this year to continuously improve the app and ensure we deliver a wellbeing experience that is truly best-in-class. Here are some of the exciting updates we introduced:1) We added cycling 2022 was the year for our YuLifers to fix up their old bikes, don their brightest lycra and get ready to rack up the YuCoin. As after much anticipation, cycling finally became available as an activity in YuLife app! Users are now able to earn YuCoin for every mile they cycle - up to 6 miles a day.2) We introduced eventsWe were very excited to launch our brand new Events feature to help us celebrate those important health and wellbeing events throughout the year, kicking off with our month-long Summer Games extravaganza back in August!Events are a great way for YuLifers to earn extra YuCoin for their Duels, steps, mindfulness and more by coming together alongside the entire YuLife community to participate in special tasks and collectively reach specific targets.3) Meditation got even easierIn 2022, we made mindful moments a whole lot easier for our YuLifers! As they can now access free in-app meditation with sessions from YuLife and Meditopia! This opened up a whole new way for our users to practise mindfulness and earn extra YuCoin without downloading a third-party app.4) We let YuLifers see how they stack up to their colleagues We introduced another exciting new feature: the ability to inspect the leaderboard. YuLifers can now view another player’s Yumoji in full to check out their duel statistics, compare daily activity and see how far they have progressed in the Yuniverse!5) We started rewarding engaged businessesThe YuStore is our health and wellbeing marketplace where our customers can purchase wellbeing apps for their employees and drive immediate engagement through the YuLife experience. And in 2022, we introduced the ability for businesses to earn insurance cashback for engaging their teams, via a wellbeing credit to spend in the YuStore.As employees engage in YuLife, businesses earn credit which they can redeem on wellbeing apps in the YuStore, all at fabulous discounts, including: Meditopia, Sleep cycle, Stresscoach, Curio, Fiit, 7s and more.6) We took YuLifers to the next phase of the YuniverseThe news everyone was patiently waiting for finally landed. The next phase of the Yuniverse was finally ready for YuLifers to enjoy! We were over the moon to launch new levels beyond 200, and we hope the astronomical surprises were worth the wait. 7) We launched 11 new rewardsThis year, we introduced a whole range of new ways for YuLifers to spend their YuCoin!Discounts are a great way to help the cost of living feel a little less costly. And as inflation hits local supermarket shelves, we were thrilled to have partnered with major food retailer Aldi to help make YuLifers' weekly shops go even further.Some other recent additions to the reward store that have proved popular have been the options to buy Odeon vouchers and National Book Tokens using YuCoin. As well as the ability to exchange YuCoin to spend at sports brands like Adidas and Halfords. We were also very excited to partner with the leading sleep tracker application, Sleep Cycle, to help YuLifers improve their wellbeing through better sleep habits and facilitate an additional avenue through which workplaces can make a tangible difference to employees’ lives.Meanwhile, a number of new charities and environmental projects are now accepting YuCoin donations, including ShareTheMeal, which gives food assistance to families in need, Charity: Water, which is helping to bring clean and safe water to everyone on the planet; and Ocean Clean Up, which is working to rid our seas of plastic.Here’s to providing more physical, mental and financial wellbeing to people around the world in 2023!