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Almost three-quarters of employees would remain at their current employer if they were offered a good benefits package, research reveals.

Half of UK adults are classified as either overweight (31%) or obese (19%) yet a significant proportion believe they are in very good or excellent health, research finds.

The UK economy expanded by 0.8% in Q1, slightly below economists' expectations.

Individual protection sales declined significantly during 2013; Swiss Re has found.

Westfield Health's head of intermediary sales, Steve sharrock, explains his bafflement that more advisers are not selling cash plans.

The benefits of group risk products are not widely recognised by HR professionals, Canada Life Group Insurance has suggested.

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) has highlighted the need for clients to take protection advice as stricter affordability checks on mortgages are introduced, Zurich has said.

Half of people diagnosed with cancer today will survive their disease for at least 10 years, according to figures from Cancer Research UK.

Nearly half of 700 disabled respondents to a Scope survey said flexible working time and practices could have helped them stay in work

Employers could substantially reduce the number of days lost to sickness absence each year by taking steps to bridge the "UK bike commuting gap", analysis by Edenred finds.