The extra everyday living costs faced by disabled people are £550 per month, compared to average state benefits payments of £360 per month.

Over two thirds (69%) of advisers gain less than a quarter of their income from protection, while 9% get over half their income from protection, research from Aviva has found.

Exeter Family Friendly's executive board have raised £2675 for the charity Rainbow Living with a cycle ride.

Intrinsic Financial Services has launched a new protection panel for its restricted advisers with immediate effect.

Almost a third (31%) of dentists listed as accepting new NHS patients by NHS Choices are not, research by Which? has found.

The changes the NHS needs to make over the next five years could see changes to the way cashplans operate, a Simplyhealth white paper has said.

More companies are reporting an increase in long-term absence, with two fifths seeing a rise, and a fifth seeing a fall, the largest increase in five years, a report has found.

The perception of how much life insurance costs is on average 394% above the actual cost, a survey for SunLife has revealed.

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a USA based non-profit organsiation has launched a London division.

Paul Avis looks at how much money group risk advisers are actually making.