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More than one in five – 21 per cent - of smaller firms expect to lay off staff by September and 90 per cent of employers say their staff have approached them...

Individual protection sales suffered their first fall for seven years, with income protection down by nearly a tenth, as Covid-19 took its toll on the insurance industry, according to Swiss Re’s latest...

The challenges for retirees have seldom been greater. Unlike the days when purchasing an annuity was commonplace for defined contribution (DC) savers, and many could rely on a defined benefit (DB) pension for...

Many business areas have been decimated by Covid-19, but group risk certainly hasn’t been one of them. Indeed, if someone glancing at Swiss Re’s Group Watch 2021 was hypothetically unaware of the pandemic,...

In-scheme drawdown is being offered to 1.5 million Standard Life pension savers as the facility is rolled out through its Group Flexible Retirement Plan (GFRP) and Group Self-Invested Personal Pension (GSIPP) scheme...

Cushon is buying Northern Ireland-based master trust Workers Pension Trust following a £26m funding round. A £6m equity raise has involved fintech venture capitalist firm Augmentum Fintech, which also includes Tide, interactive...

With millions of employees working from home, and this practice likely to remain long after the pandemic is over, a new set of occupational health challenges are emerging. Adapting their approach and using...

There are nearly 3 million requests into GP practices for patient medical reports each year, requests submitted by insurers, third parties and government agencies. GP practices are busy, even more so at...

Group Risk Development (Grid) will be running its Introduction to Group Risk Insurance training course in six workshops and is introducing an optional online assessment that gives successful delegates a training certificate. The...

 Wealth at Work, the financial education, guidance and advice organisation, has secured further investment from private equity house Aquiline Capital Partners to support its continued growth. Established in 2005, the Wealth at Work group delivers...