In Depth

Navigating fraud prevention can be a delicate balance for insurers. Insurance fraud in the UK exceeds £1.2bn annually — so tough action is required to avoid significant losses. But at the same...

The advice and guidance boundary review remains a political and regulatory priority, with both the Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority working on the project.  The current review is part of the...

Low levels of short-term savings are having a significant impact on employee wellbeing, and this looks set to get worse as the cost-of-living crisis deepens. Delegates attending a Corporate Adviser round table...

Demand continues to grow for health insurance as employees look to their organisations to help them access healthcare post-pandemic. But, with the breadth and cost of treatment increasing, and benefits budgets under...

The workplace protection and healthcare sector has sought to boost value for clients and members in recent years, via a whole range of added-value support services. But consultants at a recent Corporate...

The next few years could prove to be extremely challenging for the workplace protection and healthcare sector, with insurers needing to evolve and adapt their propositions if they want to see growth...

It is typical of the lack of interest and understanding that UK government has shown towards group risk that some of the best potential news the sector has enjoyed for years arose as...

Investors can now invest more easily in productive finance assets since the introduction of the innovative Long-Term Asset Funds (LTAFs). These are regulated open-ended investment vehicles designed to enable investors such as...

In recent decades, individual investors have had a reasonable choice of options certainly in terms of mutual funds and retail pensions. One oft-cited milestone in the UK was the launch of the Friends...

Millions of savers have been brought into the pension system thanks to a successful auto-enrolment strategy that has relied on the power of inertia. But while workplace defaults have proved to be...