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The introduction of auto-enrolment is being used by companies to review their employee benefits package or introduce new benefits, a survey has found.

The health insurance and protection comparison site ActiveQuote has been declared the 6th fastest growing company in Wales, and fastest in Cardiff.

Patients diagnosed with cancer are sometimes keeping their diagnosis from their families, research from Bupa has found.

Jelf Employee benefits has launched a new auto-enrolment package which includes healthcare and group risk.

Quarterly statistics from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has revealed a 10% drop in upheld complaints in private medical insurance (PMI) and dental insurance.

The dominance of mis-selling claims about protection products remains an issue for the industry, the Financial Ombudsman's Melissa Collett has warned.

Standard wellness checks are not providing sufficient detail to give patients a thorough understanding of their state of health according to the European Scanning Centre.

Changes to health and welfare insurance in Scotland have been recommended by a think-tank following Scotland's No Vote in yesterday's referendum.

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

Some 60% of construction site workers wrongly believe their employers will pay their salaries and medical benefits in the event of illness or injury. Russ Piper says ignorance is hardly bliss as it could leave them financially vulnerable.