More than half of SME employers fear the cost impact of the government's health and welfare reforms, according to Jelf Group.

Surgery in independent sector treatment centres is at least as good as in NHS hospitals, new research has found.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said removing tax disincentives for employers to implement health and wellbeing strategies may be the "best way forward".

Disability charities are horrified at government plans to cut employment and support allowance (ESA) during appeals.

Protection and health insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) leapt sharply in the second three months of the year.

Unum has launched a new group income protection (GIP) product targeted at a wider range of employees than most schemes.

LifeQuote has developed a decision in principle tool for the protection market to assist advisers with the process of placing difficult lives with insurers.

Smaller mutual societies could disappear due to the increasing burden of regulatory costs, Exeter Family Friendly has warned.

Aviva has added the first partial payments to its critical illness (CI) policy and halved the length of time for a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) claim.

Significant pressures in some local NHS areas are being masked by national statistics but overall performance is holding up well, according to the King's Fund.