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Members of pension schemes considering a transfer can use a scam predictor tool by Help & Advice to see if they are at risk of falling victim to a pension scam. The...

Transparency Task Force demonstrators marched on the Houses of Parliament yesterday, calling for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to be overhauled or replaced and accusing it of regulatory shortcomings that have resulted...

Breast cancer accounted for 51 per cent of all claims, while skin and soft tissue cancer was the second most common cancer, accounting for 22 per cent of all claims, according to Vitality...

Businesses can play an important role in ensuring that all groups receive good maternity care, according to Peppy. This follows the publication of studies from the charity Birthrights that indicate racial discrepancies...

Aegon UK has appointed Alison Morris as its new chief risk officer.  Morris joined Aegon  in 2019 as chief internal auditor and admember of the executive team, reporting directly to Aegon UK...

Aegon paid 7 per cent more protection claims in 2021 when compared to figures from the year before according to its latest published data. The insurer said this increase was driven by...

The majority of FTSE 350 companies ended up with a pension surplus at the end of 2021, as DB schemes emerged from the red in 2021. Latest figure from Willis Towers Watson’s...

Punter Southall Aspire’s chief executive, Steve Butler, has been appointed by Oxford Brookes Business School as a visiting industrial fellow. This scheme was set up by the university’s business school to strengthen...

Individual and group life insurance, income protection, and critical illness claims totalled a record £6.8bn in 2021, according to the latest figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Grid. This amounted...

Two-thirds of DB schemes think there will be major changes to governance practices over the next two years as a result of The Pension Regulator’s new code of practice.  TPRs new single...