Pensions

The number of workers aged 50 plus has reached 9.67m, the biggest number since records began in 1992 according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics. Over 50s now represent...

Getting a deal on access to the EU internal market for our financial services providers has not been straightforward says Finance Norway international director Ellen Bramness Arvidsson Norwegian insurers had cause for...

The Lifetime Isa nudges savers towards giving up pension contributions, risking cutting their retirement fund by a third, the Pensions Policy Institute has warned. A PPI analysis of other countries that combine...

Willis Towers Watson has brought in five new consultants to grow the London arm of its specialist defined contribution (DC) consulting business. Shoko French and Natasha Markanday have joined the team as...

Scottish Widows has has secured a £630m pensioner buy-in with the ICI Pension Fund – the insurer’s largest external bulk annuity transaction to date. The buy-in, which covers over 4,000 of the...

Zurich is appointing Anne Torry as head of its life business in the UK, as well as the roles of CEO of its legal entities Zurich Assurance plc and Sterling Investment Managers...

US pension savers’ multi-million pound legal victories against their schemes highlight the risk of UK trustees being sued for failing to manage charges properly, the Transparency Task Force (TTF) has warned. Speaking...

Zurich has launched what it describes as the most comprehensive critical illness cover on the market with a new product that focuses on cancer, heart and neurological disorders. The new product follows...

A £21bn net surplus in insurance sales to the European Union means the UK should vote to remain within it, despite the impact of Brussels-based solvency and gender pricing rules says the...

Aviva is launching an in-depth ‘pre-review’ of auto-enrolment in advance of the Government’s own review in 2017 that will consider the impact of AE since launch and the prospects for retirement saving...