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Babylon Health, the virtual GP service used by a number of health insurance providers, has admitted it has suffered a data breach.  The breach was identified after a user, who was a...

SEI Master Trust - one of the first master trust providers in the UK - has joined the Origo Transfer Service.  This transfer service provides automated transfers of pensions, Isas and general...

Aegon has strengthened its workplace business team with the appoint of Max Gist as employee benefit consultant (EBC) account manager.  Gist joins from Scottish Widows. He will report to the EBC director...

Business protection insurance is failing to make significant inroads into SMEs, leaving hundreds of thousands of firms exposed in the event that a key individual dies, data from the latest Term Watch...

Anna Matty has been appointed chief operating officer for Axa PPP Healthcare, replacing Mark Howes who is retiring in July. Matty was formerly global vice president, decision analytics, strategic programmes for Experian....

Infrastructure, high-yield and emerging market debt and private equity are the three asset classes that can best replace the income that income-seeking investors have been deriving from dwindling dividends, according to a...

The House of Lords has recognised the role that the group risk sector will play in helping employers adapt to a post-Covid environment.  In a debate Lord Hunt of Wirral commended the...

The number of Covid-19 scams is rising, with losses arising from these frauds now topping £5m. The latest figures from Action Fraud show that there have been over 2,000 cases reported since...

The Financial Conduct Authority will ban contingent charging on DB pension transfers in the vast majority of cases. This is the main plank of a part of a package of measures announced...

Equity release and retirement income only (RIO) mortgages were on course for significant increases before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a growing proportion of advisers expecting later life lending to...