The day I met a Lloyds ‘selling machine’

As one writer recalls a run in with a Lloyds salesman, we want to hear about your experiences, or from those who were tasked with making the sales

Critical illness insurance: The neglected cover that could be crucial

Critical illness cover – which pays out if you get a life-threatening illness – has a bad reputation. But is it time to look again?

Happiness: the silver lining of economic stagnation?

Julian Baggini: A study suggests that national wellbeing peaks at £22k average income. But that doesn't mean there's no point in pushing for wealth

Happiness study finds that UK is passing point of peak life satisfaction

Economists say that per capita incomes above UK's adjusted level of $37,000 make people less contented

Morrisons bans children from buying high-energy drinks

Supermarket chain is first in UK to restrict sales of high-caffeine products such as Red Bull to under-16s

Health insurers bemoan Obamacare ‘fix’ as adding confusion to rollout

President meets top insurers a day after announcing they could continue offering policies that fall short of new standards

How cosmetic surgery is changing the shape of Venezuela’s mannequins

Shop-window dummies with enlarged breasts, tiny waists and unnaturally sculpted rears are catering for the national obsession with implants and plastic surgery

A size 16 mannequin with a flat stomach? Excuse me if I don’t rejoice, Debenhams

Harriet Walker: You told us: To reduce the complex psychology surrounding body image to the waist span of a mannequin is to utterly miss the point

Debenhams to display size 16 mannequins across UK stores

Retailer urges other stores to follow its lead in using mannequins that reflect the average size of women in UK

Debenhams’ size 16 mannequins are great. Now we need even more diversity

Jane Martinson: The high-street retailer's move sets the lead for others to follow. Perhaps now we can hope for a healthier attitude to body shapes