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Two-fifths of employees would be willing to give up a pay rise in order to receive employer sponsored protection insurances as part of their benefits package, latest research reveals.

Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (UKHB) has launched a new dental 'Healthy Discounts' feature offering 20% savings on private dental treatment.

One in ten advisers believe the raft of changes to income protection (IP) and critical illness (CI) policies last year represent ‘window dressing' instead of real change, according to a poll.

Legal & General has launched an online calculator that provides instant quotations for businesses looking to provide group life and group income protection policies for their employees.

With the right treatment, over 65s can survive for many years after cancer - yet UK survival rates in older people are among worst in Europe as many are 'written off', new research has found.

A nationwide initiative to improve the health of the British workforce has seen activity levels of UK workers rise by 72% and surpass NHS guidelines by 137%.

The cost of bringing up a child has reached £227,266 with the first year of a child's life seeing the largest increase, LV= said.

Legal & General has today announced it has improved its financial underwriting criteria for customers taking out life insurance and critical illness cover.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said it hopes a new approach to funding the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will mean lower overall contributions from advisers in the long term.

The chance of surviving a heart attack is far lower in the UK than Sweden, a new study has found.