Friends Life's protection team will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support by taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on 30 June.
Bupa has launched booklet support for children dealing with family members who have cancer.
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.
Macmillan is pushing the Welsh government to ensure all those diagnosed with cancer are routinely given financial advice.
Macmillan Cancer Support has highlighted rising fuel poverty among cancer sufferers and called for Government support.
Cancer Research UK's commercial arm, Cancer Research Technology, (CRT), and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have created a £50m investment fund bridging a funding gap between cancer drug discovery and early development.
AXA PPP healthcare is supporting the UK's largest women only fundraising event, Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2012.
Scottish Provident has announced that it paid out £90 million to critical illness policyholders during 2011, with 91% of all critical illness claims paid.
Group Risk Development (Grid) has released the first ever full set of collated claims figures from the group risk industry.
The government's controversial welfare reforms have received Royal Ascent and so been adopted into law.