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The number defined benefit pension scheme transfers has risen by a staggering 567 per cent, since the introduction of pension freedoms. According to the Financial Conduct Authority, in the six months to...

New figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show a significant rise in work-related stress among UK workers.  According to the HSE 15.4m working days were lost due to stress last...

Axa PPP healthcare has appointed Tracy Garrad as its new chief executive. She will also join the management committee of Axa UK and Ireland.  Garrad will take up the role in January 2019,...

Smarterly has launched the first payroll-deducted Lifetime Isa These savings plan are particularly popular for younger employees as they allow access to savings to fund a deposit on a first home. Savings...

Opperman has urged UK employers to invest in the health and wellbeing of their staff in a hard-hitting report ‘All Hands on Deck’, co-authored by employment lawyer Laura Farris, where he argues...

Artificial intelligence is set to shape the healthcare market, delegates were told at an the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries’ Health and Wellbeing summit.  AMII chairman Stuart Scullion says: “I believe...

Alan Fergusson has launched a new employee benefits consultancy service, known as Beneficia. This consultancy aims to offer ‘in-house’ resources to employers, working with brokers and providers to deliver a range of...

More than half of employees with financial worries say they underperform at work, according to new research.  MetLife said this showed these financial problems were causing significant problems for employers and were...

The International Monetary Fund has warned that the state pension age will have to increase in the UK, and may be subject to future means-testing. This report highlights specific financial challenges facing...

The number of companies offering more flexible pension choices is expected to triple within the next three years. Willis Towers Watson’s latest pension strategy survey found that just 9 per cent of...