Pensions

Year-on-year CPI inflation rose to 1.6 per cent in December, 0.2 per cent higher than market expectations, with the impact of the weak pound on the cost of imports largely responsible for...

Mercer and Zurich have struck a £300m streamlined longevity hedge deal, taking the level of such deals done since December 2015 beyond £1bn. The deal, which Mercer says is the fifth of...

Protection intermediary LifeSearch has announced a deal with Scottish Widows that will see specialist advisers offering business loan protection advice to SMEs through Lloyds Bank’s Commercial Banking division. LifeSearch CEO Tom Baigrie...

LEBC Group has appointed two managing directors following a corporate restructure that sees the establishment of a distinct retirement advice business. Jeremy MacLeod becomes managing director of LEBC’s ‘Foundation’ business, which includes...

Life and pensions intermediaries are being hit with a £36m supplementary levy from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) following a surge in claims about bad advice relating to Sipps. This additional...

An surge in demand for healthcare trusts has driven an increase in coverage of private medical cover across the UK in 2015, reversing the long-term decline in the sector. Latest figures from...

The Prime Minister’s review of mental health needs to address the devastating impact preventable stress is having on workers says BHSF Employee Benefits managing director Brian Hall The Prime Minister is focusing...

An open letter from more than a hundred stakeholders from across the pensions industry has called on Work and Pensions Select Committee chair Frank Field MP to open an inquiry into charges...

Private equity investors who bought bed manufacturer Silentnight have failed in a bid to block The Pensions Regulator in pursuing £17m for its stricken pension fund. US private equity firm HIG Group...

Health Shield has bought workplace health screening and occupational health risk surveillance assessment specialist Prevent plc for an undisclosed fee. Prevent will be rebranded as Health Shield Wellbeing as a result of...