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Welplan Pensions has exiting the master trust market, and will focus instead on its employee benefits business. Welplan says it is seeking a buyer for its pension pensions. It says this decision...

The value of defined benefit buy-outs could soar to £300bn over the next 10 years, according to a new actuarial report. The report, by Lane Clark & Peacock said that the buy-out...

The UK Employee Assistance Professionals Association has elected Axa PPP healthcare’s Eugene Farrell as its new chair.  Farrell is Axa PPP’s mental health lead for corporate healthcare, and the company said this...

VitalityHealth is broadening access to its wellbeing programme among small and medium sized business. Uninsured members of staff will get access to range of preventative health benefits — designed to encourage employees...

Lloyds had awarded Aberdeen Asset Management the mandate to run these assets for its subsidiary Scottish Widows. But the bank served notice last February that it was terminating this agreement early, following...

Group private medical insurance has evolved considerably since the days that it was perceived as a ‘perk’ for senior staff. While it’s still a benefit designed to cover the cost of eligible...

The challenges of working in a different country, away from what is familiar and comfortable can bring increased stress affecting both wellbeing and the psychological health of employees, particularly for those with...

Fixed income specialists are not predicting a correction in bond markets, despite expectations that the current economic cycle will end soon. This was the result of a major global survey of fixed...

The Department of Work and Pension has approved plans for the Royal Mail to launch the UK’s first collective defined contribution (CDC) pension scheme.  This confirmation was given in the DWP’s published...

The industry body - Group Risk Development (Grid) - found that only 27 per cent of employers surveyed identified the correct definition of a GCI as “a policy taken out by an...