Today’s ONS figures confirm that the state pension should rise by 8.5 per cent next year. The ONS published provisional figures in September for the average earnings rise between May to July...
Benefits provided by not-for-profit healthcare providers are saving the nation’s around £1bn a year in NHS and welfare funding, according to a new report. Analysis by actuarial consultants OAC, part of the...
Large asset owners are confident in their portfolios’ resilience, despite market uncertainty with more targeting higher infrastructure and private debt and equity allocations. This is the more upbeat picture form Mercer’s latest global...
Over a quarter of retirees aged over 55 were forced into retirement because of ill-health, redundancy or to provide care for a family member, according to new figures by Just Group. This...
Excess deaths remain above pre-pandemic levels although rates appear at last to be dropping, according to the latest published mortality data. Figures from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) show that there have been...
Employers risk losing key members of staff during business transformation programmes, as they are failing to specifically address this risk, according to new research. Mercer Marsh Benefits found that companies are failing...
Concerned have been raised about insurers' capacity to manage defined benefit assets in future, with Mick McAteer, co-director of the Financial Inclusion Centre calling for a “full investigation” into this issue. Speaking...
The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) is proposing to use post Brexit freedoms to further reform solvency regulations, in order to help life insurers invest more in the UK economy. This is part...
It’s not easy managing housing costs when economic factors – such as inflation and interest rates – keep changing. For members who are renting, wanting to get on the property ladder, or...
In two-and-a-half-years’ time I will be in a spot of bother. I am one of millions, and unless something drastically changes, the repercussions are going to be enormous for me and for...
