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Hymans Robertson has acquired Bath Actuarial Consulting (BAC), in a deal which will see its two founds join Hymans as partners.  BAC was founded in 2021 by Leonard Bowman and Andrew Udale-Smith...

There has been a significant increase in employee demand for all insurance benefits in the wake of the Covid crisis, according to new research. Drewberry’s 2021 Employee Benefits Survey — which polled...

£2.4 billion was withdrawn from pensions flexibly in Q4 of 2020, a 6 per cent increase year-on-year from £2.2 billion withdrawn throughout the same months in 2019. But the average payment in...

The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group (ICSWG) has launched a guide to support trustees to assess their investment consultants on their climate competency. The ICSWG is a collaboration between 17 firms formed in...

One in four expats has covered their family with new health insurance plans during the coronavirus pandemic, with 35.5 per cent adding family members to their current insurance plan. Figures from Aetna...

Millions of higher rate taxpayers in personal pensions and GPPs who currently fail to collect half their tax relief could see their relief automatically under a rule change floated by the Office...

A big majority - 86 per cent of employers said they have prioritised employee communications as a result of the pandemic, with 71 per cent of employers now conducting research among their...

Trustees of larger occupational pensions and authorised schemes could soon be required to calculate and publish their schemes’ carbon footprint under new government proposals. The Department of Work and Pensions is now...

Six out of 10 pension savers are supportive of the FCA’s new investment pathways according to new research. Legal & General Investment Management in association with NMG Consulting found 70 per cent...

Investors lost £78m in investment and pension ‘clone’ scams in 2020, according to the latest figures from Action Fraud. There has been a surge in this activity since the Covid crisis hit,...