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Canada Life’s UK CEO Lindsey Rix-Broom has been promoted to be the CEO, Europe for its parent company Great-West Lifeco.  Rix-Broom has been CEO at Canada Life UK since 2021. Prior to...

What’s your current role – and what does this involve?  My job is really varied, which is why I enjoy it. I spend most of my time working with our pension risk...

The chances of being diagnosed with cancer continue to grow, with Macmillan Cancer Support data analysis indicating that UK sufferers will hit 3.4m this year – roughly half a million more than...

Independent Governance Group (IGG) has made two appointments to its business development team. The professional trustee and governance services group has appointed Charlie Stewart as client growth manager and Imran Rahim as...

Unum has acquired the renewal rights to Generali UK’s employee benefits business, helping it add scale to its group risk business and expand into the global captive insurance market. As part of...

The Department of Work and Pension has said record funding levels in the defined benefit (DB) sector will mean up to £160bn could be utilised to boost UK growth.  In a statement...

Penfold has reported an significant jump in employers enquiring and switching to salary sacrifice pension options, in the wake of the rise in national insurance contributions.  The government raised employer NI rates...

Chief investment officer at Scottish Widows, Kevin Doran, is transforming asset management with a focus on customer behaviour. His goal? To make the UK a nation of investors with a stake in...

Fidelity has connected to the Pensions Dashboard ecosystem, linking around 85 per cent of its clients' data. This means that Fidelity clients will soon be able to see their pension details alongside...

Howden is continuing with its active acquisition policy with the purchase of advice firm Benefits Advisory Services (BAS) for an undisclosed sum.  Howden confirms that BAS will continue to operate as a...