UK

It is a funny old world where your simplest product confuses the distributor and customer! A group life lump sum benefit simply pays out on the death of an employee and the...

The Pensions Regulator has launched its first fraud prosecution against an accountant accused of taking cash from a pension scheme. This is the first time the regulator has charged an individual with...

Salvus Master Trust is launching a new app to encourage more engagement with members. The app, which will be available on both IOS and Android platforms, will allow members to access information...

Next year will see significant changes at the top of Royal London, with the insurer announcing that its chief executive will step down at the end of 2019. This follows the departure of...

MacLeod joins from LEBC group where he held a similar role. He will support the TPT’s new direct to scheme business, led by Adrian Cooper. Previously MacLeod worked as director of sales...

UK companies are not expected to have their credit rating downgraded, after a recent high court ruling on equalising guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs).  Credit ratings agency Moody’s says it expects there would...

UK stock markets could fall by 25 per cent following a no-deal disorderly Brexit, according to research by MSCI, the global index-provider. This stress-test has been applied to test the potential market...

Howorth was chief executive of  UK Employee Benefits and international chairman at JLT. He is currently chairman at ITM and a director at Smart Pensions. Smarterly says Howorth will provide strategic input...

Today (December 5th) is the last day at which men and women will receive the state pension on their 65th birthday. Those born after December 5 1953 will have to wait a...

The firm - which was bought by AIG this summer - largely provides group life and income protection products to the SME market.  One of the key changes it has made is...