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Defined benefit (DB) pension transfer redress payments are expected to remain at historically low levels in the first quarter of 2026, according to First Actuarial. According to the firm, advisers got a...

People’s Partnership has appointed the former head of workplace pensions for Lloyds Banking Group, Jackie Leiper, as a non-executive director.  Leiper has considerable experience in the workplace pensions and wider financial services...

MetLife has launched its employee benefits offering in the Irish insurance market, with Group Life cover now available to employers and employees in Ireland. According to the firm, the product will be...

Aon now has a second partner with the required professional qualifications to take on the role of a scheme actuary for a CDC scheme. Chintan Gandhi, partner and head of Collective Defined...

Callum Beaton has been appointed president of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), succeeding Nicola Stacey ACII, while Debbie Mitchell DipPFS serves as deputy president in 2026. Beaton began his career in insurance...

The industry saw significant senior appointments across the pensions and employee benefits sector in 2025, as firms expanded leadership teams, revived advisory capabilities and strengthened their defined contribution and workplace savings strategies....

The biggest deals of the year in the UK pensions and employee benefits sector mostly landed in December, with WTW buying Cushon and Gallagher taking over First Actuarial. Here is a dive...

The pensions sector saw a string of high-profile developments in 2025, from HMRC overhauling pension tax after £1.3bn in overpayments and annuity rates hitting new highs, to master trust assets crossing £25bn,...

Generative AI chatbots are proving capable of answering most pension member queries accurately and safely, with new research showing one scheme’s AI tool successfully resolved around 90 per cent of questions without...

Pension savers call for simpler and more accessible pensions, with nearly four in five valuing control over how their retirement savings are invested, according to Pensions UK research. The research shows email...