Politics

The Association of British Insurers have appointed Baroness Kay Swinburne to be its new independent chair. Swinburne replaces Baroness Nicky Morgan who was the first person to hold the role. Swinburne has...

The Pensions Regulator has outlined how it aims to encourage UK economic growth while also protecting member interests.  Details of this new approach were set out in a letter to government, with...

The Labour Government’s has confirmed £1bn of employment support measures aimed at helping disabled and long-term sick people back into work. The details were included in the Spring Statement documents. Last week,...

Consultants are calling for greater clarity around pension reforms, particularly as the Chancellor Rachel Reeves reaffirmed in her Spring Statement that these will be a central plank of the government's future growth...

In today’s Spring Statement Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed future pension reforms will help drive economic growth, but there were no further details revealed.  In her statement to the House of Commons Reeves...

SPONSORED COPY In the early 2010s, Australia’s pensions market faced a challenge familiar to the UK today: savers struggled to understand the true value of their pension providers. Australia took a pivotal...

Government receipts for both inheritance tax and insurance premium tax have reached record levels, according to new HMRC data.  Its figures show that IHT receipts for the first 11 months of this...

The insurance industry welcomed the initial findings of a Government-backed report into ill-heath and economic inactivity in the UK.  The Department of Work & Pensions has commissioned an ongoing “Keep Britain Working”...

Almost half of UK workers believe current economic challenges will make it harder to retire 'comfortably' while one in three now expect to work beyond retirement age. This latest survey by Smart...

Standard Life says it has seen increased demand for offshore bond last year, in part due to the proposed IHT reforms to pensions.  Standard Life says saw a 56 per cent increase...