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Private medical insurance (PMI) has seen a significant rise in demand, with 40 per cent of employers offering it, compared to just 14 per cent last year, as “flex pots” gain popularity,...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received almost 40 per cent more financial complaints, while pension complaints decreased marginally, in the first half of 2024. The ombudsman received 133,019 complaints between January and...

AJ Gallagher has acquired consulting firm Redington for an undisclosed amount. This is the latest acquisition US-based Gallagher has made in the UK corporate advisory space, having also recently acquired acquired Buck. ...

The total value of lost pension pots now stands at over £32.1bn — a £4.5bn increase over the past two years according to new data from the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). Auto-enrolment...

What it describes as the first ever defined benefit (DB) portfolio allocation to Bitcoin is being made today by pension and investment advice Cartwright, as it also looks to push the digital...

Older savers face a looming financial crisis, as declining homeownership, rising rent and inadequate pensions could push them out of towns and cities, limiting access to essential services in later life. The...

Insurers are calling for the Chancellor to review taxation arrangements for group risk and healthcare policies in next week’s Budget to reduce “double taxation” on premiums.  Many are concerned that tax rules...

There have been strong hints that the Chancellor wants to abolish National Insurance relief for employer pension contributions in next week’s Budget - with the latest rumour being that this this might...

Hymans Robertson has further expanded its risk transfer team with the appointment of Mahad Farooqui.  Farooqui has considerable experience in managing buy-in and buy-out projects, and joins from Aon where he worked...

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), along with Railpen and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has called on FTSE 350 CEOs to improve workforce reporting. According to them,...