Last year proved to be a crucial turning point for UK-defined benefit pension schemes as rising yields led to a reduction in long-term funding target timeframes, according to Barnett Waddingham. Barnett Waddingham...
Scottish Widows and the Harrods Group Pension Plan (the "Plan"), sponsored by Harrods Holding Limited, have completed a £400m full scheme buy-in. XPS served as the principal transaction adviser, and CMS provided legal...
Barnett Waddingham has appointed Craig Turnbull as a partner in the insurance & longevity consulting team. Turnbull will take the lead in providing consulting services to life organisations regarding the areas of...
Individuals aged 50 and above underestimate their life expectancy, creating a significant gap between their expectations and reality, according to a new study conducted by Canada Life. On average, both men and women...
Global life expectancy has risen from 46 to 73 years between 1950 and 2019, with the United Nations predicting it to reach 81 years by 2100. A new report published by the...
Individual protection policy sales decreased 7.8 per cent in 2022, according to Swiss Re's Term and Health Watch. According to a recent analysis created in partnership with iPipeline, the sales of term,...
Rising costs are continuing to squeeze people's pockets. But encouraging staff to speak up about their money concerns could help ease some of the pressures they face. Indeed, Standard Life’s Retirement Voice...
One in four women born in the 1950s are struggling with food bills and the cost of everyday essentials according to new research from the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign....
The NHS waiting list continued to grow in April, indicating the current crisis is unlikely to abate as we move into warmer months. Figures from NHS England show 83,000 more patients joined...
The government has announced a further year long delay to the introduction of pension dashboards, with the first connections not now planned until October 2026. The announcement was made by new pension...
