The Northern Ireland office lost an average of 10.3 working days per person in 2012, almost ten times the number lost in the Scottish Office, government statistics show.

Scottish Widows is considering moving into the group risk market.

Group risk protection policies that attract a P11D charge may not be excluded from the impacts of the EU gender directive, Ellipse is warning.

Almost three-quarters of group income protection claimants were returned to work within the deferred period last year, according to figures from Legal and General.

A private medical insurance provider has launched offering treatment to policyholders in hospitals across Europe.

Mercer Employee Benefits is to defend itself at the High Court later this year after a hotel group filed a £250,000 claim for breach of contract.

Employees around the world are more engaged with their workplace than they have been for years, a study finds.

More than three-quarters of employers are happy to provide subsidised cancer screening for staff but the vast majority fail to do so, research finds.

More than half (51%) of UK workers have suffered from back pain in the last 12 months with one in five needing time off work as a result, research finds.

The British Medical Association has voted in favour of industrial action in protest against reforms to the NHS pension scheme.