The number of working-age adults who are not actively seeking employment (also referred to as "economically inactive") due to a long-term illness has increased since 2019, rising from about 2.0 million in...
Workers are changing jobs more frequently and leaving behind several pensions in the process. Nowadays it’s becoming increasingly uncommon to stay in one job until you retire, with the average UK worker...
Bupa UK Insurance has launched a package of new propositions under the label of Inclusive Health, for its UK corporate customers. Women's health, sexual health, and neurodiversity are only a few of...
Standard Life has completed the £15bn transfer of its DC default assets into more sustainable investment strategies. This means that 1.5m of its workplace pension savers are now invested in a sustainable...
The Pensions Regulator will publish its new code later this year, but trustees should be taking steps now to plan how they will comply with this new code. Trustees need to ensure...
The aggregate surplus of defined benefit schemes in the Pension Protection Fund increased in October, despite the widespread volatility in bond and gilt markets. In total the surplus of the 5,215 schemes...
Six out of the 10 largest DC pension providers have yet to publish 2025 emission reduction targets, seen as a key part of hitting net zero targets. This was one of the...
The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has appointed Andrew Whyte as their new chief executive. Whyte most recently worked as the Financial Conduct Authority's director of communications. He has also worked for...
Broadstone has appointed Brett Hill and Damon Hopkins to lead its Employee Benefits division. Hill and Hopkins join Broadstone as head of health & protection and head of defined contribution (DC) workplace...
Canada Life is closing its individual protection business in the UK. The insurer confirmed it is no longer accepting new applications for either its life insurance or life insurance with critical illness products....
