With their generous free cover limits and largely rules-based methodology, group risk providers have significantly lagged their group private medical insurance (PMI) counterparts in usage of technology during the underwriting process. Although...
As the demand for climate-conscious investment strategies intensifies, traditional interpretations of fiduciary duty are coming under scrutiny. Trustees are facing the challenge of balancing long-term financial performance with the urgent need to...
UK pension providers have set stretching net zero targets — with many already making significant progress towards 2050 goals by reducing carbon emissions. But how much influence can decarbonising portfolios have, when...
Corporate advisers have always advised on switching pension schemes — with cost, poor service, fund choice or better support with engagement typically driving these decisions. But switching activity remains relatively low. As...
Awareness events can provide longer term benefits in workplaces, particularly when backed by C-suite support. Sam Barrett hears more This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10th October, focused on prioritising mental...
Kerry Baldwin runs a ‘deep tech’ venture capital fund and chairs the government body looking to facilitate greater DC investment into private markets. She tells Emma Simon why this could deliver benefits...
Over the past few years, defined contribution (DC) pension schemes have made efforts to place sustainability at the heart of their investment strategies, particularly in regards to climate change. As schemes continue...
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new Value for Money (VFM) consultation for contract-based arrangements aims to achieve long-awaited consistency in measuring the effectiveness of all workplace DC pension schemes. While the overarching...
Should pension schemes allow members to use funds to help get them on the property ladder? And are there more innovative ways the pension funds could be used to address the housing...
The state of the NHS is figuring prominently in most debates in the run up to polling day on July 4. So why isn’t group risk and healthcare occupying some of the...
