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DATA AND PURPOSE: SPECIAL REPORT - IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNUM When it came to putting together a benefits package, it used to be enough to replicate what the competition offered. But, with...

How are employee benefit propositions addressing the issues employers and employees face today? There is a fierce war for talent across many industries, and employee benefits is playing an increasingly important role...

Younger ‘Gen Z’ workers have higher rates of absence than older employees, and this appears to be driven by financial worries according to new research. Cash plan provider Health Shield Friendly Society...

There are misgivings among pension consultants regarding pension consolidators in the retail market. The most commonly cited concern is the potential for higher charges in any consolidated plan outside of the workplace...

The Pensions Regulator is writing to trustees at hundreds of pension funds asking them to ensure members' information has not been compromised following a data hack at scheme administrator Capita. Capita —...

The pensions industry has been grumbling for some time now about what’s next for automatic enrolment. There’s no disputing the fact that it’s been a great success.  By “the end of November...

Healix International has launched a new risk management tool, offering automated assessments of the medical, logistical and security risks posed to employees who are travelling for work purposes. This covers potential dangers...

Pension and insurance companies have welcomed government plans to ban cold calling on all financial products.  The UK government will announce a blanket ban on these unsolicited calls as part of wider...

Isio Scotland has bolstered its Glasgow and Edinburgh teams with senior appointments to its actuarial and public services consulting teams.  Glasgow-based Kenneth Wilson joins the senior management team in Scotland as principal...

In the pensions advisory space, Isio is very much one of the new kids on the block. But this hasn’t proved to be a brake on its growth ambitions. The firm’s latest financial...