Up 200,000 from January
Mental Health in Life Insurance week
Depression almost doubled in UK – ONS
Annual growth of 0.6% weakest for more than seven years
Quarter of single pensioners dependent on state
Record numbers of people aged 90 plus
Approximately 137.3 million working days were lost to sickness or injury in the UK in 2016, the lowest number of working days lost since the series began in 1993, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Aegon has warned that protection propositions need to be flexible to help divorcing couples cope financially as new figures revealed that mid-life divorces are increasing.