Study Confirms the Business Case for Employer-Sponsored Child Care

October 26th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Universum, the employer branding company, presents the world's Top 50 most attractive employers. From the world's leading economies, nearly 120,000 students at top academic institutions chose ideal companies to work for.

October 19th, 2009 LONDON - A web-based way to check worrying symptoms, an NHS trust that has transformed the information provided to managers and a national initiative to enable patient records to be transferred electronically from GP to GP are among the winners of the E-Health Insider Awards in association with BT. The awards were presented at the London Hilton Hotel in Park Lane tonight (20 October) at a ceremony hosted by broadcaster, Emily Maitlis.

October 14th, 2009 LONDON - Brookdale Care, the specialist provider of care services for people living with autism, has today welcomed the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee's Report on Supporting People with Autism Through Adulthood, and has backed the National Autistic Society's latest campaign (launched 13th October) to ensure that people with autism are able to get the right support if seeking employment. Lesa Walton, Care & Development Director of Brookdale Care, said today: "We warmly welcome the Committee's conclusion of the need for better guidance and training for GPs in order to identify and support people living with autism more effectively.

June 11th, 2009 LONDON - Dorel (UK) Ltd, the world's biggest manufacturer of nursery and children's products and makers of Maxi-Cosi seats, has responded to today's report - published in the British Medical Journal - which suggests that children should stay in a rear-facing child car seat until the age of four: "There are some pure safety arguments for the benefit of travelling backwards in the event of an accident. This also applies to adults travelling by rail, for example.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - As the credit crunch continues to constrict budgets and businesses look for ways to cut spending, companies may need to reconsider any plans to scale back employee work-life benefits. Britons continue to be Europe's hardest working employees, logging the most hours on the job, yet only 33 percent of workers say their employer has any family-friendly practices or personal support services, such as child care, wellness services or financial consulting, in place.

May 12th, 2009 HARTFORD, Connecticut - Presentation to Focus on the Role of Health IT in Health Care Reform Aetna (NYSE: AET) (www.aetna.com/investor/) announced today that Lonny Reisman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, is scheduled to present at the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress - Europe on May 14, 2009, in Brussels, Belgium. As a participant in the "Viable European Reform Models - The Role of HIT" panel, Dr.

April 30th, 2009 RUSHDEN, England - Two of the UK's leading providers of quality early years programming join forces Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC, the world's leading provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education, back-up care, and work/life solutions, today announced that it has acquired Teddies Nurseries from Bupa, bringing together two nursery providers committed to offering high-quality child care and early years education for children and working families in the UK. This combination creates the largest network of nurseries in the UK.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - One Third of Children Under 18 Now Have a Child Trust Fund Leading Child Trust Fund (CTF) provider, The Children's Mutual (www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk/) welcomes the latest official figures showing parents are still investing for their children's financial futures. Quarterly Child Trust Fund figures released today from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that, even with the current economic turmoil, nearly three quarters of parents are actively opening Child Trust Funds for their children rather than letting the Government choose where the CTF is invested.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Responding to the announcement by the BBC, that many university chancellors would like to see increases in tuition fees by between GBP5,000 and GBP20,000 a year, leading Child Trust Fund (CTF) Provider, The Children's Mutual (www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk/) has calculated that families may have to find GBP49,900 if youngsters decide to go to university in 18 years time. David White, Chief Executive of The Children's Mutual comments: "What is clear from the research is that the cost of university is only going to increase, it's just a case of by how much.

March 16th, 2009 LONDON - Increased University Fees Could Stretch Parents Purse Strings to the Limit - Child Trust Fund Offers Ray of Hope in Meeting Rising Costs The average student debt could be on the verge of smashing the GBP50,000 barrier in 18 years time if tuition fees are allowed to rise to GBP7,000 a year according to leading Child Trust Fund (CTF) Provider, The Children's Mutual (www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk/). Responding to today's announcement, by the BBC, that many university chancellors would like to see increases in tuition fees by between GBP5,000 and GBP20,000 a year, The Children's Mutual has calculated that families may have to find GBP49,900 if youngsters decide to go to university in 18 years time.

September 15th, 2009 Health insurance premiums rose modestly in 2009Researchers say the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance is rising modestly again this year but bigger increases may lie over the horizon. The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 5 percent in 2009 to more than $13,000, mirroring last year's increase.

October 28th, 2009 more images more imagesHealth care issues: The cost of health insuranceA look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: How much do Americans who have employer-sponsored health insurance pay in premiums? What do their employers pay? Would that change if the system is overhauled? THE POLITICS: Health care costs have been increasing. For Americans and the businesses that insure most of them, that translates into higher insurance premiums.

May 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Being abused in childhood can have damaging outcomes for the victim throughout his or her life, leading to more suicide attempts, prevalence of substance use disorder and proneness to personality disorders. These victims also had an earlier onset of mental illness and an increase in psychiatric hospitalisations, said a Mayo Clinic study.

October 28th, 2009 Insurer WellPoint's 3Q profit falls 11 percentINDIANAPOLIS — Health insurer WellPoint Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 11 percent as enrollment in employer-sponsored insurance plans continued to slip while more U.S.

January 6th, 2009 SYDNEY - Ban on slapping cuts down child homicides dramatically as borne out by the case of Sweden. Similarly, a ban on smacking at home could prevent deaths arising from the physical abuse of children, accounting for more than a third of child homicides in New South Wales (NSW) alone, according to a study.

June 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Watching TV is likely to set back the development of language skills among children, says a new study. Young children and their adult care givers were found to utter fewer vocalizations, used fewer words and engaged in fewer conversations when watching TV.

September 9th, 2009 Baby sitter gets 25 years in Pa. child-porn casePHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia-area woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for letting a sexual predator abuse and film children in her home day care.

April 21st, 2009 UnitedHealth earnings fall but top expectationsINDIANAPOLIS — UnitedHealth Group Inc. topped analyst expectations when it reported a slightly smaller first-quarter profit Tuesday, but company leaders say the sour economy is offsetting some of the gains the health insurer made.

June 9th, 2009 Mass. DA decides not to retry child abuse caseBOSTON — A Massachusetts man who has long asserted he was wrongly convicted of child molestation during a national hysteria over child-care sex abuse cases in the 1980s and was freed three years ago won't face a new trial. Forty-four-year-old Bernard Baran was released in 2006 after a judge ruled the lawyer who represented him at his 1985 trial was incompetent.

October 20th, 2009 Health care issues: How the US system evolvedA look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Why is the United States the only wealthy industrialized nation that does not have universal health coverage? THE POLITICS: Health insurance in the United States is provided primarily by employers. The government picks up coverage for retirees and the disabled through Medicare, for the poor through Medicaid, and for military veterans and members of Indian tribes.