Unum UK paid £516 million in Group Protection claims, around £10 million per week, last year. The key drivers of claims and referrals were cancer and mental health, respectively. Unum now insures 2.8 million people,...
Payments of £70 due to a million low earners in net-pay pension schemes have been delayed by a year because of IT and administration delays, Corporate Adviser can reveal. In 2022 the...
Just 8 per cent of UK pension savers are willing to invest in high-risk assets, despite these funds typically delivering strong returns, particularly for younger savers. A PensionBee survey of 1,000 UK...
Nuveen has launched a new Global Emerging Market Debt strategy, aimed at investors in Europe and Asia Pacific. The fund focuses on hard currency debt from emerging market governments, quasi-sovereigns, and corporates....
Raindrop, a pension finding platform, has recovered £500 million in savings from almost 45,000 lost pension pots for savers since its launch. Last year, it recovered £251 million in lost pension savings,...
The FCA has raised concerns that design features on trading apps, such as confetti animations, push notifications, and leaderboards, may be encouraging risky behaviour and poorer investment outcomes, especially among younger and...
Facemasks, social distancing, and toilet paper fisticuffs may feel like distant and rather surreal memories of the pandemic. But, five years after the world went into lockdown, Covid-19 has left a lasting...
The pensions dashboard connection countdown has now started. It is just a matter of weeks to the first staging date on 30 April. This starts an 18-month staging programme, where all in-scope...
Whether it’s a stiff neck, a worrying bump or a yen to smash out 100 burpees before breakfast, there’s a digital service for that. But while these health and wellbeing services are...
Pension funds and savers are being advised to stay calm, avoid rushing into decisions, and focus on long-term goals, following the recent market turmoil caused by the US tariff announcements. The tariffs...
