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MetLife UK has expanded its wellbeing proposition by offering additional digital support channels to employees.  It said this follows a sharp increase in demand for a range of services offering help with...

Retirement fintech provider Smart is launches its pensions business in the US today.  Smart already offers a master trust in the UK, which now runs over 70,000 retirement plans on it. The...

Only a 1930s-style depression would have caused pension income to be cut under new collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes, according to new research from Aon. The pension consultancy said extensive analysis indicates...

Bupa UK Insurance is launching a new lower-cost proposition to enable corporates to extend healthcare cover to a wider proportion of their workforce. Called Bupa Balance, the new stand-alone proposition is available...

The number of mental health appointments booked each month through Unum's digital health and wellbeing app, Help@hand, has increased by more than 100 per cent, says the provider. Unum says the number...

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has appointed Lesley Alexander as its new president. Alexander has been a non-executive director on the board since 2018, and is already in her second term on...

The next pension misselling scandal will be centred around pension schemes' lack of action around climate change issues, and any schemes not targeting the Paris accord targeting limiting climate increase to 1.5...

Axa is dropping the Axa PPP Healthcare, Health-on-Line, Health Services and ICAS-UK brands, bringing its operations under a new Axa Health brand. AXA Health says the new name signals its ambition to empower...

Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes will deliver retirement income on average 70 per cent higher than annuities bought through traditional DC saving, and 40 per cent higher than typical DB structures, according...

Many smaller single trust pensions could face problems switching to a master trust structure in the second half of this year, due to the volume of transfers being carried out. Investment consultants...