UK

The Labour government and the group risk industry should, in theory, be a partnership made in heaven. The former is desperate to cut NHS waiting times, slash the welfare benefits bill and...

As uncertainty characterises today’s market backdrop, investment portfolios are navigating a new normal. Structural shifts such as rising government debt, ageing populations and sustained higher interest rates, to name but a few,...

Healix Health has partnered with Further to launch a new cancer care service for the workplace.  The Precision Cancer Service extends Helix’s current cancer care pathway by combining advanced genomic testing with...

Unum UK has launched a new platform connecting its group protection and new cash plan products, which offers employers instant access to secure service usage data and health trends. The platform, UnumSync, enables...

Two thirds of pensions schemes are anticipating a significant spike in member activity once the dashboard launches, according to a poll of trustees and pensions managers by WTW.  Their survey found over...

Broadstone has appointed Kelly Parsons to the newly created role of head of DC proposition. The consultancy said this reflected its significant recent growth in this area, as and its ambitions to...

People’s Partnership has appointed Richard Dallas as a non-executive director as it looks to grow its main master trust to £100bn in 10 years. Dallas will join the board to support the...

Whenever I start writing about what the industry calls ‘the advice/guidance boundary’, I remind myself of when I was editor of Moneywise magazine back in 2015. A reader, Mark, took us up...

DB pension surpluses continue to stand at record levels, having risen by almost £50bn in 12 months according to new data from XPS Group. The data shows that UK DB schemes maintained...

AJ Bell has launched a new parliamentary petition calling on the government to commit to a 'Pension Tax Lock', pledging not to change tax-free cash entitlement and tax relief for at least...