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The number of consumers with low financial resilience has soared from 10.7m to 14.2m during 2020 as the pandemic took its toll on UK households, a bleak report from the FCA has...

Chuka Ummuna, the former Labour politician and MP for Streatham, has joined JP Morgan to lead its European environmental, social and governance (ESG) operations. Ummuna joins JP Morgan form communications firm Edelmen,...

Phoenix Group has boosted its bulk annuity team with five new appointments.  Priyesh Patel has joined as an investment analyst, while the company has also recruited Shoyab Alli, Sam Young, Miles Smith...

Cushon has appointed Independent Trustee Services client director Dianne Day and former executive director for regulatory policy at The Pensions Regulator Andrew Warwick-Thompson as independent trustees. Cushon is also bringing in Julius Pursaill...

Auto-enrolment rates remain resilient, despite the financial effects of the pandemic and most recent rise in contributions rates.  This was the conclusion of Nest’s latest insight report, whose survey sample includes around...

Unum’s health and wellbeing app now has over a quarter of a million users, and is utilised by 1,100 businesses. Take up of this Help@hand app, which offers acess a remote GP...

Scottish Widows has committed to target net zero by 2050 across its entire £170bn portfolio of investments, the first life insurer provider to do so. Scottish Widows says its pledge almost doubles...

Nest has appointed Atos as its future scheme administrator, replacing TCS in a contract that takes effect from 2023. The new service will focus on making the most of advances in technology...

Almost one in two employers are failing to adequately address issues of staff wellbeing, according to a new survey by friendly society Health Shield. The survey also found that employee awareness and...

Handl group has launched a new start-up psychological rehab business, designed to change how treatment is assessed and delivered by insurers and occupational health providers.  The business Mind Right will offer a...