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Legal & General Insurance has welcomed the new guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) which provides GPs and clinicians with recommendations on treating Long Covid in line with the...

Aviva has partnered with the Macmillan cancer charity to provide additional emotional, clinical and financial support to its individual and group protection customers.  Macmillan estimates there are tens of thousands of people...

The vast majority of pension savers state that global warming is an important issue to them, but most are completely unaware about steps their workplace pension fund is taking to tackle the...

Scottish Widows Master Trust is now offering five new fund options with a focus on responsible investment.  These self-select active and passive funds have been added to its core fund range with...

Inside Pensions, which offers independent governance services to trustee boards, has been acquired by Zedra, a global specialist in active wealth and fund services.  This transaction is in line with Zedra’s stated...

Phoenix Group has boosted its bulk annuity team with five new appointments.  Priyesh Patel has joined as an investment analyst, while the company has also recruited Shoyab Alli, Sam Young, Miles Smith...

Auto-enrolment rates remain resilient, despite the financial effects of the pandemic and most recent rise in contributions rates.  This was the conclusion of Nest’s latest insight report, whose survey sample includes around...

Unum’s health and wellbeing app now has over a quarter of a million users, and is utilised by 1,100 businesses. Take up of this Help@hand app, which offers acess a remote GP...

Almost one in two employers are failing to adequately address issues of staff wellbeing, according to a new survey by friendly society Health Shield. The survey also found that employee awareness and...

Handl group has launched a new start-up psychological rehab business, designed to change how treatment is assessed and delivered by insurers and occupational health providers.  The business Mind Right will offer a...