Eight out of ten Britons consider broadband essential, compared to just under four in ten (39%) who consider protection to be essential, a survey has found.

Lifequote has added a whole of life (WoL) comparison service, after research found Inheritance Tax (IHT) and estate planning are adding to the demand for WoL.

The King's Fund has warned that the fragmentation of commissioning means that there can be no single approach to combining health and social care.

There was an increase of 2,700 in the number of deaths from less common cancers between 2010 and 2013, a report from Public Health England (PHE) and Cancer 52 has found.

Centralisation at multinationals is not being reflected in their employee benefits offerings, with local stakeholders still dominating decision making, a survey for Aon has found.

The insurance industry is the least popular financial services industry to work in for women from the millennial generation, a survey by PwC has found.

The four most common cancers, breast, prostate, colorectal and lung, are affecting 80,000 people diagnosed before they turn 45, research has revealed.

Two thirds of advisers are planning to advise on a wider range of employee benefits along with automatic enrolment for pensions, a survey by Canada Life Group Insurance has found.

AIG Life has announced that Kevin Russ is now the technical manager for AIG Life's marketing team.

Company sick pay is not available to 34% of working Britons, amounting to 11m people, research by LV= has revealed.