news
Autumn Budget 2021: Holding Income Tax thresholds will raise £20bn
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision not to raise the personal allowance limit and thresholds for Income Tax is expected to earn the government an additional £20bn in the next four years. Sunak did...
Read moreAutumn Budget 2021: Business rates frozen and revaluation frequency increased
Business rates will be maintained for another year from April, chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed. Announcing the details as part of his second budget of the year, Sunak (pictured) said he had...
Read moreAutumn Budget 2021: Healthcare expenditure to increase by £30bn
Government spending on healthcare is set to increase by £30bn per year by the end of the Parliament. Delivering his Budget speech this afternoon, chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed that while spending on...
Read moreAdvisers want end of IPT on health insurance and support for IP uptake in Budget
The reduction or removal of insurance premium tax (IPT) from health insurance products and tax breaks for employers supporting staff are top of advisers' wish list ahead of the Budget today. Reports...
Read moreSun Life Asia appoints president from Old Mutual
Sun Life Asia has appointed Ingrid Johnson as its president. The Sun Life division covers life, health and wealth management businesses in eight Asian markets – China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,...
Read moreFCA approves next step of LV= deal with Bain Capital but adds conditions
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has required LV= to improve communications with members as it granted permission for the mutual to proceed with a court hearing related to its proposed sale to...
Read moreIncreasingly personalised products risk excluding customers from insurance – PwC
Increasing personalisation in the design of health insurance products risks leaving some customers out in the cold, according to consultancy PwC. The firm's Insurance Banana Skins 2021 report highlights issues associated with...
Read more87% secures £50k funding from Aviva to target SME mental health
Mental wellbeing service 87% has secured £50,000 of funding from the Aviva Foundation to help improve mental health among SMEs. 87% said its Building the Resilience of SMEs programme aimed to avert...
Read moreCII trims gender pay gap but reports significant ethnicity disparity
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has cut its gender pay gap over the last year but reported an ethnicity pay gap as high as 25% by one measure. The figures show men...
Read moreAston Lark joins Grid
Insurance broker Aston Lark has joined group risk industry body Grid. Commenting on the development, Sam Mistry, director, employee benefits division, Aston Lark, said: "We’re delighted to join Grid and look forward to...
Read moreHAVE YOU READ?
MOST POPULAR
-
Gilchrist joins Swiss Re as protection industry affairs manager
-
Canada Life group risk sales up and individual protection arm sold to Chesnara
-
Perci Health launches virtual neuropathy clinic following CQC registration
-
No government has ever gone far enough to incentivise or promote occupational health – Gregson
-
NHS wait list falls to 7.29m
