Minister for Pensions Steve Webb has launched a new action plan to help older workers stay in the workplace.

NHS patients should have named staff accountable for their care while they are in hospital; new guidance has recommended.

Britain is heading for a 'crisis' in long term care (LTC) as the subject becomes an increasingly important issue over the next five years, Scottish Widows fears.

Individual critical illness saw a relentless pace of change last year. But has the industry gone far enough? Fiona Murphy investigates.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley has once again thrown his weight behind the idea of computerised advice, as he predicted a financial services future shaped by software developers, computer programmers and economists....

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) and Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) are consulting on a protocol designed to provide clarity surrounding the treatment of client relationships between a firm and individual advisers.

UK consumers would switch to buying their life insurance on the internet if providers were able to offer professional online advice, a survey conducted for PwC has found.

Troubled workplace capability assessment (WCA) supplier Atos Healthcare has warned MPs it did not think its successor would fare any better unless there were real changes.

The Care Act still holds uncertainties, particularly over what difference the cap on care fees will mean for self-funders, writes Andrew James, advice policy manager at Towry.

Employers with policies insured with income protection specialist Unum will now have access to Mental Health First Aid courses for their staff.