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Personal Touch Financial Services has launched a new business development programme offering member firms training and support in running successful businesses.

Troubled workplace capability assessment (WCA) supplier Atos Healthcare has warned MPs it did not think its successor would fare any better unless there were real changes.

Six out of ten women return to work early from sickness or injury because they are worried it might impact on their job prospects research finds.

Both premium income and proportion of claims paid dropped in 2013 for Simplyhealth, however the medical insurer hit all financial targets set for the year.

Employers with policies insured with income protection specialist Unum will now have access to Mental Health First Aid courses for their staff.

A third of adults in England are at risk of developing diabetes, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

Confidence in the UK economy has hit a post-crisis high despite soaring valuations pointing towards a correction, according to the FT.

A third of people (33%) claim that they have switched insurers over the past two years because of poor service; according to research.

Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) can play a powerful role in helping employees cope with stress, improving the ability to work and supporting relationships with management, according to Capita Health and Wellbeing.

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced it will be holding a further mortgage and protection roundtable in Chelmsford, Essex at the end of the month.