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The aging workforce is causing a tightening in insurer group terms, a group risk specialist has said.

If an independent body is not appointed to monitor the regulator's performance, the Association of Professional Advisers (APFA) will take on the task itself, the body's chairman told members in a defiant speech last night.

Income protection needs to strip out the state benefits element if the product is to move upwards, a consultancy firm has stated.

Following trials, Living Well, a service for people living with cancer is now being offered across England.

LV= has increased its income protection benefit guarantee and introduced a high guaranteed insurability (GIO) option.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King has said the UK economy may contract once again in the fourth quarter of 2012 despite moving out of recession in Q3.

Employers must examine the risks they are attempting to mitigate with their benefits provision instead of just offering employees as many benefits as possible, Mercer believes.

The NHS Outcomes Framework for 2013 to 2014 has been published to help keep the system focused on measuring outcomes rather than targets.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has generated the ire of Facebook users by posting unwanted sponsored material on the pages of other users on the social networking site.

Wellbeing4business is launching an online, multimedia portal for corporate health challenges.