UK

Wayne Phelan has been appointed as sole CEO of Vidett while co-head Naomi L’Estrange will be leaving at the end of her notice period and taking time away from the business in...

Pension professionals aren’t usually seen as being natural born rebels, particularly those that have worked in the industry for 40-plus years, have sat on the boards of major providers and chaired government...

Gallagher, whose SME team supports over 120,000 firms in the UK, will provide commercial insurance, including directors' and officers' insurance, professional indemnity, cyber insurance, and public liability, to its SME clients and...

Clara-Pensions has appointed Matt Wilmington to be its chief transactions officer.  Wilmington joins from Scottish Widows where he spent six years as head of origination and structuring. At Clara, he will lead...

Independent Governance Group (IGG) has promoted Dan Gilmour and Michael Do to the role of trustee director. This is part of a wider shake up at the independent trustee business as it...

Healix has partnered with cancer screening and diagnostic company, Check4Cancer, to enable workers to receive rapid diagnosis, and fast access to cancer treatment. Employees of Healix’s member companies will for the first...

BlackRock will acquire Preqin in a £2.55bn cash deal, beating S&P Global and Bloomberg in its bid. The acquisition of Preqin, a UK private markets data group, is one of the largest...

XPS has handed the role of head of covenant advisory to Arabella Slinger, taking over from Paul Jameson, who will move to a role delivering specialist covenant advice. Jameson had led the...

European insuretech Lumera has expanded its footprint in the UK with the acquisition of ITM —  one of the technology companies helping develop the UK pensions dashboard. Lumera has not disclosed what...