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The UK group risk market showed slower growth in 2024 compared to previous years, with the number of policies increasing by 3.2 per cent to 94,675, from 91,739 in 2023. Over the...

Employee engagement declined to 21 per cent in the past year, with managers seeing the biggest drop in engagement levels, according to a new global survey from Gallup. These figures show that...

The government collected record receipts from  insurance premium tax and inheritance tax in the last year, according to the latest HMRC update. Its figures show the IPT tax receipts stood at £8.88bn...

Broadstone has appointed Lindsay Kenny to be its new SME business development consultant. Kenny joins from Towergate and has over 15 years’ experience in employee benefits, business development, and client relationship management....

First Actuarial has been appointed to provide actuarial and administration services for The London Clinic Retirement Fund. The fund is a defined benefit scheme with around £65m in assets. The sponsoring employer...

Unum UK paid £516 million in Group Protection claims, around £10 million per week, last year. The key drivers of claims and referrals were cancer and mental health, respectively. Unum now insures 2.8 million people,...

Fiduciary managers delivered strong returns on growth portfolios last year, with the majority outperforming stated target returns according to XPS’s latest review of the sector.  Its Fiduciary Manager Review analyses 17 UK...

Payments of £70 due to a million low earners in net-pay pension schemes have been delayed by a year because of IT and administration delays, Corporate Adviser can reveal. In 2022 the...

SPONSORED CONTENT Our 2025 Responsibly Invested Pensions report surveyed more than 6,000 employees, employers and advisers and, despite recent headlines about companies rolling back on diversity, equity and inclusion, and scepticism about...

Just 8 per cent of UK pension savers are willing to invest in high-risk assets, despite these funds typically delivering strong returns, particularly for younger savers. A PensionBee survey of 1,000 UK...