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Axa PPP has added a private GP service to the standard level of cover on its Advance health insurance plan. This Doctor@Hand service offers 20-minute phone and video conferences with a private...

Schroders says the chance of a general election or a second referendum, to break the Brexit deadlock and steer the UK away from a cliff-edge Brexit it predicts will create a recession...

A no-deal Brexit could lead to almost a 25 per cent fall in the value of UK equities, with European stocks falling by 10 per cent, according to MSCI. MSCI says a...

Rosie Fantom has been hired by Barnett Waddingham from Scottish Widows as a bulk annuity consultant to its corporate consulting team. Fantom was previously a senior manager at Scottish Widows where she...

Mearns & Company, the Edinburgh-based employee benefits consultancy, has appointed ex Mattioli Woods and Kudos financial services director Alan Fergusson as a non-executive director. Fergusson, who has over 20 years of experience...

A strike by GMB members working as Beefeaters and other staff for Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) at the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace has been suspended after the employer presented...

The Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) – the body that will implement the findings of the Institutional Disclosure Working Group (IDWG) - has unveiled a range of industry figures as members of its...

Rules that legitimise age discrimination against magistrates should be overhauled as part of a broader rethink of attitudes to older workers, says former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann. Altmann has highlighted the...

A fifth of non-advised drawdown investors who are over age 55 and taking an income are unaware of the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA), according to new research. Figures from Canada Life...

Pi Consulting (Trustee Services) Ltd has purchased Fairfield Pension Trustees Ltd for an undisclosed fee. Worcestershire-based Fairfield Pension Trustee Limited, which offers professional services to occupational pension schemes, will continue to operate...