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The workplace pension participation rate in the UK has increased as a result of automatic enrolment, rising to 79 per cent in 2021 from 47 per cent in 2012, according to data...

Maxis Global Benefits Network (Maxis GBN) has appointed Federico Morosi as its chief technical and financial officer. Morosi will be joining the firm on May 2, 2022, and will be based in...

The UK group risk market grew last year despite economic and market volatility, according to Swiss Re's annual Group Watch study published today. The number of in-force group risk policies climbed by...

Nearly 72 per cent of UK savers say they have never filled out an expression of wish form, which names beneficiaries in the case of the customer's death while receiving pension payments,...

Unum UK reported that its median gender pay gap has reduced compared to last year and that it has met its Women in Finance Charter commitments. The gender pay gap is the...

Two fraudsters who were part of a criminal business that duped more than 200 individuals into transferring their pension accounts into bogus schemes will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court this Friday....

Around 42 per cent of employees don’t know about or understand all their employee benefits, according to research from Grid. According to the research 25 per cent are aware of them but...

Mercer UK has appointed Kerry Ghize as its new career business leader. Ghize will succeed Tony Wood, who is now region leader for Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) Continental Europe. Ghize will be a...

Customers considering an equity release product will be required to have at least one face-to-face meeting with a solicitor before taking out a plan that meets equity release council standards. Following a...

Professional trustee firms continue to dominate the pensions landscape, with the top 12 boutique trustee firms representing 2,000 pension schemes with around £1 trillion in assets, according to Isio. According to the 2022...