Mattioli Woods has appointed Sean McSweeney as its new employee benefits team director. In this newly created role McSweeney will oversee the wealth managers' employee benefit consultants. McSweeney joins from Chase de Vere,...
Corporate culture and working practices are having a negative impact on expat employees wellbeing, according to a new survey from Aetna International. The global health insurer surveyed 2,000 expat employees to discover what...
The Chartered Insurance Institute is calling for insurers to tackle gender bias within their artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. Many insurers now use this AI technology within their claims, underwriting and marketing processes. However...
Companies want to increase employee engagement with benefit programmes, but the majority are spending less than £5,000 a year on related communications. Aon’s annual benefits and trends survey found that 98 per...
The Investment Association (IA) has launched a campaign to increase the number of black investment managers working in the industry. This diversity drive is backed by a new report, which details the...
Nest, the UK’s largest master trust pension, has confirmed it will disinvest from all tobacco stocks over the next two years. It currently has a £40m exposure to this industry through its...
Health insurer Medicash has bought health and wellbeing consultancy Health@Work for an undisclosed sum. This deal was completed at the end of March with the wellbeing team now moved to Medicash’s head...
The Transparency Task Force has appointed Bobby Riddaway as its new ambassador. Riddaway is current a senior investment consultant at Capital Employee Solutions. In his new role he will be working with...
More than seven out of 10 DC scheme members want to see responsible or ethical investment strategies within their default fund, according to new research. The survey, by Invesco Perpetual, found that...
Employers need to do more to educate workers about their pension benefits in order to tackle problems of under-saving for retirement. Wealth at work, a specialist provider of financial guidance in the...
