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Friends Provident has produced a guide for employers aimed at helping to reduce absence in the workplace and the estimated £26bn a year cost to British business.

Half of private medical and dental insurance complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have been upheld in the first quarter of the year.

Protection provider Unum is announcing changes to its individual income protection (IP) offering, increasing options.

From the end of September Skandia will no longer sell Critical Illness (CI) policies.

Zurich has enhanced its protection products for clients who may need to make alterations to existing cover when their circumstances change.

Protection providers Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have suffered significant drops in sales over the first half of the year.

People being assessed for their ability to work are overwhelmingly being found fit and able to look for a job, according to new figures out today.

The Government Commission on the funding of care and support long-term should not consider paying for long term (LTC) care solely through general taxation a think tank has found.

Government legislation to restrict unhealthy behaviours like smoking, drinking alcohol and eating fatty foods is inevitable if we are to retain a free NHS, according to a new report.

Lloyds Banking Group has stopped selling payment protection insurance (PPI) after declaring the product no longer "economical" for the business.