Employers are placing too much reliance on short-term fixes like Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) in dealing with stress, according to Medicals Direct.

More than 200 firms representing 1,000 users have switched across to Openwork's protection panel, Openwork Select, following its September launch.

A short video of some of the highlights of COVER's International PMI Breakfast Briefing, sponsored by Globality.

At a joint event with REFORM think tank, Cicero Consulting, director and chief corporate counsel Iain Anderson, has called for the oversight role of HM Treasury to be enhanced in the new UK regulatory framework.

The Department of Health's Commission on Funding of Care and Support has called for evidence and fresh perspectives on the future funding of care and support.

The UK's largest ICOBS adviser has applauded the FSA's plan requiring advisers to review protection sales methods.

The reporting of medical events in NHS hospitals is seriously affecting the ability to make informed decisions about where to receive treatment, medical analysts have found.

Engage Mutual has acquired Provincial Hospital Services Association (PHSA), a not for profit specialist in health cash plans and private medical insurance.

Insurers LV=, Zurich, Friends Provident and Fortis are among this year's Gold Standard Award winners.

Private clients in care homes are charged more than those paying under local authority arrangements, a situation set to worsen, Partnership has found.