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The four year crude survival rate for head and neck cancers varies by over 30% depending on the type of cancer, an audit has found.

Elective surgeries such as knee replacement operations and cataract surgery are seen as a valid reason for being absent from work by only 35% of employers, research for AXA PPP has found.

Life insurance has been placed sixth on a list of signs becoming an adult, being seen as a sign of becoming an adult by 21% of respondents to a survey for Beagle Street.

Canada Life has exclusively spoken to COVER on the reasons behind its return to the individual protection market, adding that the newly launched product is 'not the final design'

Denplan has warned that ‘hidden' sugar is making it hard for people to manage their sugar consumption, and encouraged people to go sugar-free for September.

Cyclists are the most likely to commuter to arrive feeling refreshed after their commute, a survey for Aviva has found.

Friends Life, part of the Aviva Group, is now offering counselling and carer support services to customers taking out protection cover.

The Financial Conduct Authority is investigating the build up to Aviva's merger with Friends Life and has asked investment bankers involved in the deal to hand over records.

People are living longer but they are seeing more illness and disability in their older years, research published in the Lancet has found.

The global reinsurance industry is likely to see more mergers and the next 12 to 24 months are unlikely to see a return to the profitability of the last five years, a report from Standard & Poors' has warned.