UK

Karl Bennett, wellbeing director at employee benefits provider Vivup, has been elected to serve as the new chair of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) UK. He succeeds Eugene Farrell, AXA PPP...

In today’s Budget Jeremy Hunt is expected to introduce new incentives to encourage small business to provide health benefits for employees. It is understood that the chancellor will announce subsidies for SME’s...

Zedra has appointed Jon McKay to be its new global head of legal. In this new role McKay will be part of the senior management committee of the  firm, providing legal support...

More than two in five or 44 per cent of 55-64 year-olds plan to move into ‘semi-retirement’ before they reach 65, allowing them to draw on their pension savings while continuing to...

The chancellor looks set to significantly increase both the lifetime and annual pension allowances in tomorrow’s budget, in a bid to boost employment across older age groups.  It is being widely reported...

The number of people aged 16-64 who now say they are retired has fallen to 1,110,000 in November-January 2023, according to new labour market data. This is a 7 per cent decrease...

UK pensions should support UK growth, including green growth, infrastructure, climate and nature protection.  At least 25 per cent of each pension is funded by taxpayers, which could justify requiring allocations to...

Legal & General has appointed Heather Lauder and Helen Carey to be new members of its Independent Governance Committee, which overseas its WorkSave Pension and group stakeholder pension plan. Lauder has over...

Ahead of the Spring Budget, Ron Wheatcroft, Technical Manager at Swiss Re, advocates for the UK Government to make changes in three key areas, fewer tax charges on life assurance policies, occupational...

Fidelity International has launched a new lifetime Isa available to members of its workplace pension scheme. The Fidelity Lisa will be available to clients through Fidelity's Invest@Work programme, which allows members to...