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Aviva has broadened its eligibility criteria so all employees within an organisation that has an Aviva group income protection (GIP) policy will have access to its Employee Assistance programme (EAP).

Nearly a quarter of HIV positive people now have life insurance.

Global cancer death rates are more than 50% higher in men than women, according to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK.

The number of workers without access to workplace benefits has dropped by around one million over the last 12 months, according to research.

Aegon UK has revealed that 86% of its child critical illness (CI) claims are for cancer in a bid to raise awareness.

There is an increasing need to educate the public on the value of face-to-face professional financial advice, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Anna Sofat, founder of IFA firm Addidi, was named Financial Adviser of the Year at the Unbiased.co.uk Media Awards 2014 at a ceremony in London on Wednesday.

Shirts that detect blood sugar levels, contact lenses monitoring retinal changes and toilets that record vitamin intake and hydration levels will become commonplace for all, according to Bupa research.

Zurich UK Life's protection business has grown 'rapidly', according to its 2013 annual results.

In order to fund the new Health and Work Service, the government will no longer offer compensation to employers that experience high levels of sickness absence.