Value of new business at Aviva Life climbed 14% in quarter one of 2015 to £247m, but results from acquired business Friends Life disappointed, according to interim figures.

Advisers registered with IFA directory Unbiased are to offer free introductory advice sessions to consumers in a bid to stir interest in advice.

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced a series of events for advisers including best practice in the protection industry.

Employees have three months to return to work under the new Fit for Work (FfW) service or they will be discharged from the programme, the government has announced.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg plans to ramp up efforts to tackle mental health discrimination and improve services by setting up and chairing a cross-government taskforce.

UK employees are continuing to hide mental health conditions from their employers in fear that it will damage their career prospects, findings from Friends Life reveal.

Employers who provide workplace health programmes could be offered financial incentives under proposals suggested by the head of the NHS.

Employers overwhelmingly disagree with a legal opinion that severe obesity should be treated as a disability, with many saying they will not provide workplace adjustments.

Reducing the working week to four days would help to combat work-related stress and the mental ill-health associated with overwork or lack of work, one of Britain's leading doctors says.

Auto-enrolment (AE) has prompted an increasing number of employers to overhaul their entire benefit offering, JLT Employee Benefits research reveals.