Financial advisers are taking a proactive approach to care planning - despite political procrastination on this issue, and a lack of engagement from many consumers. Research from Just Group found that clients’...
Benefits provided by not-for-profit healthcare providers are saving the nation’s around £1bn a year in NHS and welfare funding, according to a new report. Analysis by actuarial consultants OAC, part of the...
Insurers are urging the main political parties to clarify future plans on social care funding, and include firm commitments in their forthcoming election manifestos. The call by Aegon comes as the party...
Excess deaths remain above pre-pandemic levels although rates appear at last to be dropping, according to the latest published mortality data. Figures from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) show that there have been...
Concerned have been raised about insurers' capacity to manage defined benefit assets in future, with Mick McAteer, co-director of the Financial Inclusion Centre calling for a “full investigation” into this issue. Speaking...
Retirement saving policy has been significantly elevated on the political agenda again, following the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech in July. Testament to that was the launch of 10 separate pensions papers from...
It’s not easy managing housing costs when economic factors – such as inflation and interest rates – keep changing. For members who are renting, wanting to get on the property ladder, or...
The state pension is likely to be worth just over £11,500 from next April, after a higher-than-expected 8.5 per cent rise in average earnings. It is widely expected that this will be...
Pension companies are calling for a cross-party ‘grand implementation plan' to ensure wide-reaching reforms, currently being proposed, are introduced in managed stages over the next decade. A host of DWP consultations close...
Liz Kendall will be Labour’s new shadow work and pensions secretary, replacing the previous incumbent Jon Ashworth. This change was announced by the Labour leader Keir Starmer this morning as part of...
