WTW, which provides professional consulting services as well as data-driven, insight-led business solutions in the areas of people, risk, and capital, has joined the Equity Release Council. For insurers, advisors, and industry participants,...
As the world begins to open up for business again, the international medical insurance (IPMI) sector is watching to see how the pandemic will affect appetite for overseas assignments. After adapting cover to...
The so-called ‘Davina effect’ is likely to create increase demand for employee menopause support in the workplace, as research shows symptoms frequently affect work. Awareness about the menopause and how its symptoms...
Anders Lundström, the chief executive of MinPension.se — the Swedish pensions dashboard — has first hand experience of the challenges ahead for the UK, as it develops its own dashboard initiative. Although...
Human resource directors have a chance to guide their company's strategic focus in the context of social sustainability, according to a Mercer report on 'people sustainability.' Internal focus on higher employment standards...
Rising inflation could create problems for DB schemes who have discretion to award inflation-linked increases. Aon points out that with inflation rising sharply granting higher payments could add £8bn of liabilities across...
Standard Life has now switched 87,000 members savings through its master trust default, into a new sustainable default option. This is the first stage of its process to transfer all its existing...
While Sipps allow pension investors with a keen interest in the stock market to make their own investment decisions, they have also permitted significant abuse by some corrupt advisers and unscrupulous Sipp...
Royal London’s Jamie Jenkins and Smart Pension’s Darren Philp are among six new members appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) policy board. Formed in 2018 this policy board guides...
Aston Lark announces UKGlobal as its 50th acquisition since its formation in 2018. UKGlobal Broking Group arranges insurance for a wide range of commercial sectors, as well as private clients, through a...
