Speculation is mounting that the Chancellor is looking to raise income taxes while simultaneously lowering National Insurance rates at the Budget, potentially hitting pensioners with a tax hike. Although nothing has been...
Every morning I wake up to a WhatsApp message from my mum letting me know what country she is in. A couple of weeks ago, she, aged 83, met up with my...
With the NHS struggling to provide fertility services, more companies are offering support such as IVF, fertility preservation as well as egg and sperm freezing as part of their wider employee benefit...
There’s been a non-stop flow of suggested pension policy reforms for the upcoming Budget. Some are radical suggestions, others more of a tinkering with the small print. Many would be complex to...
Are weight-loss drugs the medical innovation the insurance industry has been waiting for? Could they reshape claims experience across mortality, longevity and medical insurance products? Research by Swiss Re certainly suggests so....
Opinion is split among the public as to whether people should be able to use pension funds to help them get onto the housing ladder, with scepticism this would create further problems...
Zurich UK has appointed James Tait to be its new head of corporate risk as the firm targets a top three spot in the UK group risk market. Tait will join the...
HMRC has now repaid more than £1.5bn to people who have been overtaxed on pension withdrawals since Pension Freedom rules were introduced. In total pension savers reclaimed £48.5m in the third quarter...
Competition for the digital attention of pension customers has never been fiercer. Every provider wants to capture their audience, encouraging customers to save more, consolidate their retirement pots, and manage their later-life...
The UK faces a tapestry of interconnected challenges around retirement security. Recent reforms suggest a certain resilience. However, there are also vulnerabilities that threaten the prospects of future generations. The challenge of...
