There are many ailments that afflict the elderly. Fergus Bescoby investigates the main offenders.

The British public are at their unhealthiest for fifty years, and are doing little to change it, a study by Beneden Health has found.

Offering counselling for employees helps reduce stress and absenteeism rates, research by Capita has found.

The mortgage industry needs to ensure clients are protected with sufficient cover, The Premier Choice group protection seminar has warned.

The current guidelines used for determining mental health treatments are based on flawed evidence and need replacing, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has said in her annual report.

LV= has reported protection sales of £96 million in the insurer's interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2014.

Fiona Murphy will take over as editor of COVER from the end of this month.

Friends Life managing director for UK protection Steve Payne is to leave Friends Life following a post-Budget review conducted by the insurer.

Zurich has increased the maximum term for its critical illness cover from 30 to 40 years, in a bid to protect customers with longer mortgages and to reflect changing retirement patterns.

Discovery has released its results for the year ending June 2014, showing a pre-tax operating profit of £39.2m earned by its UK businesses PruProtect and PruHealth.