News
Employee Benefits
The majority of HR professionals are now regularly engaging with employees to gain an insight into their mental wellbeing, a survey for PMI Health Group has found.
14 January 2015
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Critical Illness
Cancer related deaths could be ‘effectively eliminated' except in late old age by 2050 if the current trends in treatment and prevention continue, a report from UCL has found.
14 January 2015
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1 min read
PMI
Patients with diabetes are less likely to receive the care and treatments recommended for their condition if they are of working age, Diabetes UK has found.
14 January 2015
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Employee Benefits
GPs in Sheffield are the first in the country to be able to refer patients to the Fit for Work (FfW) service, COVER's sister title WSB has exclusively revealed.
14 January 2015
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Income Protection
London & Country has reported a 3% increase in income protection (IP) sales - partly attributed to greater awareness and adviser conversations following the Seven Families campaign.
14 January 2015
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1 min read
PMI
The NHS has announced the drugs which are being removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) along with the planned increases in the fund's budget.
13 January 2015
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Individual Protection
Clients who buy the same protection products via Sesame could pay vastly different premiums amounting to thousands of pounds more depending on which of the network's two types of adviser they deal with, an investigation by COVER's sister title Professional...
12 January 2015
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7 min read
Employee Benefits
Employees are feeling pressured to return to work with 22% feeling pressure to return straight after their treatment finished, a survey for Bupa has found.
12 January 2015
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PMI
NHS England has announced new measures to improve cancer survival rates at diagnosis and treatment stages.
12 January 2015
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1 min read
Individual Protection
In this month's COVER reader poll we ask: Do you find the ABI's updated statement of best practice for critical illness definitions useful?
09 January 2015
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