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It’s an exciting time for the healthcare market, with the pandemic changing attitudes to health as well as the way we access treatment. These shifts will have significant ramifications for the cost and...

Half of workers say they would sacrifice more of their basic salary to get a personalised benefit package according to research from MetLife UK.  In today’s Covid environment it appears there is...

Pensions schemes are starting to see tangible benefits from the cost transparency initiative, with almost eight out of 10 scheme now using the the standardised templates and tool to help compare investment...

When you see young people signing up for Freetrade or one of the other low-cost trading platforms don’t despair, cheer. This is the engagement you dreamed of (though maybe not the type of...

The concept of ‘value for money’ is a subject of perennial debates across financial services, which seldom result in meaningful agreement on what the phrase means. This has not stopped regulators putting VFM,...

The Covid pandemic has caused the health, wealth and happiness of the UK population to reach its lowest levels for a decade. The latest LifeSearch Health Wealth & Happiness Index, compiled with...

To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness week (May 10- 16th) employee benefits specialists and insurers are publishing new information to help employers better support their employees’ mental health in the...

The percentage of employees who were members of a workplace pension remained flat last year according to Office of National Savings figures - the first year participation has stalled since the introduction...

The current economic climate and the fallout from the Covid pandemic have led to a radical rethink in the way many companies approach employee benefits. This has presented challenges for those in the...

Do pension providers invest their customers’ money in an ESG way they expect them to? They haven’t always in the past, but more providers are starting to, and net zero commitments are...