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MetLife is launching its UK sponsorship of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Superseries with the All England Open at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham next month.

Customers must be made aware of the need for protection policies as the mortgage market has begun to show significant signs of recovery, Friends Life has said.

UK businesses should manage absence in the short-term by decreasing the amount they will pay for future sick leave through income protection, an insurer has urged.

Royal London has appointed a new head of intermediary business and chief financial officer in a management reshuffle.

Almost two-thirds of employees say they will be forced to make up for a deficiency in their pension with a wage, findings from Canada Life reveal.

Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (UKHB) has enhanced its OralHealth dental plans including two new plan levels and enhanced benefits.

Financial advisers operating in Europe are less strictly regulated than their UK counterparts yet consumers are still afforded the same degree of protection, according to Zurich Life government affairs principal Matt Connell.

Towers Watson has launched a new financial modelling software product for life insurers worldwide.

The average number of days lost to sickness absence has fallen by almost 40% since 1993, dropping from an average of 7.2 days per worker to 4.4 days in 2013.

The NHS has admitted that "greater scrutiny" should have been applied after it was revealed that the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries paid for medical records to produce a report on pricing .