UK

The Pensions Regulator has warned that many trustees and managers of DC schemes are not paying proper attention to the risks and opportunities of climate change. Its annual survey of DC schemes...

Towergate Health & Protection has launched a new online GP service for its SME, corporate PMI and group risk clients. This service, GP Hero,  will cover employees as well as their families and...

Three in five employees want employers to spend more on their mental and physical wellbeing as a result of the Covid crisis.  However, this research by health insurer Aetna International found a...

The funding situation of DB pension in the UK continues to improve despite the challenging economic backdrop. The latest Mercer’s Pensions Risk Survey found the accounting deficit of DB schemes in the...

There are mixed views on whether the new investment pathways, which go live today, will change demand for retirement advice, according to a new survey. Aegon found that almost one in two...

Pension schemes are being offered a new fund service which allows trustees to set their own voting preferences. This service, launched by AMX and asset manager DWS, in conjunction with Minerva Analytics...

Smart Pension is the latest provider to sign up to the Make My Money Matter campaign, committing to an investment approach that will achieves net zero emission well ahead of a 2050...

Hymans Robertson has acquired Bath Actuarial Consulting (BAC), in a deal which will see its two founds join Hymans as partners.  BAC was founded in 2021 by Leonard Bowman and Andrew Udale-Smith...

There has been a significant increase in employee demand for all insurance benefits in the wake of the Covid crisis, according to new research. Drewberry’s 2021 Employee Benefits Survey — which polled...

Trustees of larger occupational pensions and authorised schemes could soon be required to calculate and publish their schemes’ carbon footprint under new government proposals. The Department of Work and Pensions is now...