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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 .

A dozen financial services organisations have met to discuss their concerns and share their objectives and initiatives in an attempt to "harness the untapped potential of working collaboratively".

Aviva has launched a specialist protection team to offer a tailored service for protection cases with high levels of cover and large premiums.