One in 10 divorcees, equivalent to over 815,000, have forgotten to remove their former spouse as the beneficiary of their life insurance policy, according to research from Legal & General (L&G). According...
Howden is to buy Barnett Waddingham for an undisclosed sum creating on the largest pensions and employee benefits consultancies in the UK. Howden says this acquisition will add high quality pension advice...
With more employees delaying retirement, employers are facing a health and wellbeing challenge. Designing a strategy that supports everyone requires careful research and regular reviews. The latest figures from the Office for...
First Actuarial will open a new office in Birmingham next month — its seventh in the UK, amid ongoing demand for its pensions and employee benefits services. The Birmingham office will be headed...
L&G has appointed Paula Llewellyn to be the newly-created role of CEO, DC & workplace savings. Llewellyn is currently chief customer and strategy officer, retail at L&G and has previously been managing director...
Roll back a few years and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes were focused on bridging a deficit on technical provisions or moving towards self sufficiency. Surplus probably didn’t enter into the thinking...
We live in an age where digital communication is a big part of everyday life. On average over 98 per cent of UK adults own a mobile phone, 96 per cent have...
PIB Employee Benefits has acquired Amba, a benefits technology firm with a focus on sustainability and ESG. This is PIB’s second technology acquisition within the past year, having bought YouatWork in April...
Government receipts for both inheritance tax and insurance premium tax have reached record levels, according to new HMRC data. Its figures show that IHT receipts for the first 11 months of this...
The insurance industry welcomed the initial findings of a Government-backed report into ill-heath and economic inactivity in the UK. The Department of Work & Pensions has commissioned an ongoing “Keep Britain Working”...
