Deaths from potentially avoidable causes accounted for 23% of all deaths registered in England and Wales in 2012, the Office of National Statistics has found.

Both providers and intermediaries are expecting the insurance sector to grow significantly over the next three to five years, with the life/critical illness and health products leading the way.

Westfield Health's head of intermediary sales, Steve sharrock, explains his bafflement that more advisers are not selling cash plans.

The benefits of group risk products are not widely recognised by HR professionals, Canada Life Group Insurance has suggested.

Nearly half of 700 disabled respondents to a Scope survey said flexible working time and practices could have helped them stay in work

Clunky underwriting processes may be a thing of the past as new technology is applied. Paul Robertson speaks to Martin Werth about his UnderwriteMe system.

Engage Mutual's David Castling outlines opportunities for a meeting of minds in the cash plan arena.

Unemployment in the UK fell to 2.24m in the three months to February, the lowest level since March 2009.

Employers understand group income protection (GIP) best when they have a financial adviser or employee benefits consultant as their main source of information, but otherwise ignorance is widespread, according to Canada Life Group Insurance statistics....

Legal & General affiliate IFAs and tied advisers helped their clients claim £41.2m against their Life and Critical Illness cover policies in 2013 thanks to the firm's early warning System of electronic notification.