Employers are being urged to take the issue of mental health within their workforce seriously on Time to Talk Day.
Bupa and Friends Life have highlighted measures which need to be taken by employers to help employees with cancer.
Restricted adviser network Sesame would be broke and unable to trade without the continued financial support of its parent company Friends Life, Aviva has said in a note to shareholders ahead of its planned acquisition of the provider.
Aviva's merger with Friends Life will see 1,500 staff removed out of the combined workforce of 31,500 people.
Friends Life has launched the first employer funded group cancer workplace benefit in the UK.
Nearly 15% of employees are unaware what pension and insurance benefits their employer provides, a survey by Friends Life has found.
Aviva will consider another transformative acquisition once its takeover of Friends Life beds in, according to reports.
Aviva and Friends Life have agreed on a £5.6bn merger of the two life offices.
Declan Dunne, a surgical registrar from Liverpool, took out income protection after seeing a junior doctor develop MS and suffer a severe decrease in lifestyle.
As part of changes to its income protection, Friends Life has announced a family carer benefit.