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Defined benefit (DB) pension transfer redress payments are expected to remain at historically low levels in the first quarter of 2026, according to First Actuarial. According to the firm, advisers got a...

People’s Partnership has appointed the former head of workplace pensions for Lloyds Banking Group, Jackie Leiper, as a non-executive director.  Leiper has considerable experience in the workplace pensions and wider financial services...

Broadstone advised on more than £500m of bulk purchase annuity business through its SM&RT Insure proposition during a record 2025.  This proposition is designed to offer an efficient process for small and...

MetLife has launched its employee benefits offering in the Irish insurance market, with Group Life cover now available to employers and employees in Ireland. According to the firm, the product will be...

Buy-in volumes could reach a record £55bn in 2026, prompting acquisition activity among bulk annuity insurers, according to forecasts for the pension risk transfer market.  Consultancy firm LCP said it expects that...

To date there has been a muted market response to US military action in Venezuela — which has seen its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife facing legal charges in New York...

Verlingue has further strengthened its position in the UK market with the acquisition of employee benefits  consultancy EBCam for an undisclosed sum.  This Cambridge-based specialist firm has an experienced team in place...

Aon now has a second partner with the required professional qualifications to take on the role of a scheme actuary for a CDC scheme. Chintan Gandhi, partner and head of Collective Defined...

TPT Retirement Solutions has questioned whether superfunds should continue to pay a higher levy to the Pension Protection Fund than employer-sponsored schemes. Its concerns were raised in a consultation run by the...

Callum Beaton has been appointed president of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), succeeding Nicola Stacey ACII, while Debbie Mitchell DipPFS serves as deputy president in 2026. Beaton began his career in insurance...