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Compensation paid to those who have been wrongly advised to transfer out of a DB pension scheme has doubled over the past two years.  New figures from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme...

Willis Towers Watson has appointed Costas Yiasoumi as a senior director in its pension de-risking transaction business.  The appointment reflects the firm’s significant growth in providing services in this rapidly expanding area. ...

These changes include the the addition of three new conditions and updates to eight existing conditions.  L&G’s group CIC policy allows employers to choose either a core set of illnesses, or increase...

Bolton will replace John Perks who is leaving to join the Police Mutual Group as chief executive in April. He joins from Aviva Life, where has has worked for the past 11...

The Buck brand has been revived following the completion of the sale of Conduent’s benefits business to an investment fund managed by private equity firm HIG Capital. Buck Consultants was rebranded as...

We are now atthe first anniversary of the arrival of the new rules requiring “buy-side” firm, such as pension funds, unit trusts, hedge funds and private equity funds, to purchase research as...

SimplyBiz group chairman Ken Davy says the FCA’s proposal that the FOS limit increase to £350,000 will do nothing to stop criminal or reckless advisers that are responsible for high value claims...

The research found 88 per cent of employers had seen no decrease, with 75 per cent forecasting no further decreases following this April’s increase to 8 per cent of band earnings. However,...

Julie Gillis, programme director at the Department for Work and Pensions who is leading the DWP’s pension dashboard feasibility study, has been awarded the honour for ‘public service’. HMRC chief executive Jonathan...

AIG says it believes Ellipse’s group protection expertise, alongside its technology-enabled business model, makes it a strong strategic fit with the existing AIG Life Limited operation in the UK. AIG Life will...