The insurance tech provider is on acquisition hot streak, having secured its fourth purchase in six months.

The insurance tech provider has started 2021, strong with three M&A deals so far.

This is Microsoft’s second-largest acquisition after its $26 billion deal for LinkedIn.

Demand for resources provided by Ginger, which connects users to behavioral health experts and services such as coaching via a mobile app, is surging in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company’s latest purchase is meant to help employer clients win the war for talent.

A toxic workplace culture has become an epidemic within the pandemic.

“This acquisition strengthens our comprehensive data, software and services platform while delivering the innovation that the industry has been waiting for,” Kevin Akeroyd, CEO of PRO Unlimited, said.

The acquisition is one of UnitedHealth’s largest and is another step in expanding the company’s health services business under its Optum division. The companies said the combination would help simplify services around medical care to improve health outcomes and lower costs.

The Slack deal would give Salesforce, the leader in programs for managing customer relationships, another angle of attack against Microsoft, which has itself become a major force in internet-based computing.

“With the shift to remote workforces, the pandemic has accelerated the need for insurance agencies to digitize their processes,” says Jason Liu, CEO of Zywave.