Pensions

Utmost has completed its takeover of Lombard International and integrated the provider into its international life assurance division. As part of the move into the Utmost Wealth Solutions business it has also...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Nikhil Rathi has called for the financial services industry and government to focus on increasing the financial capability and understanding of the UK population alongside inclusion...

PIB Employee Benefits has bought fellow intermediary Atwood Benefits for an undisclosed sum. Atwood Benefits UK Ltd is a consulting firm specialising in supporting international companies with their UK benefits provision. PIB...

UK start-ups are prioritising private medical insurance (PMI), mental health support and group life as they overhaul their benefits schemes, according to research from Howden Employee Benefits. It surveyed decision-makers in more...

Stephen Kinnock and Karin Smyth have today been appointed as ministers of state in the Department of Health and Social Care.  Smyth is the minister of state for health, while Kinnock is...

Independent pensions, employee benefits, investments and insurance consultancy Broadstone, is opening a new office in Birmingham city centre, deepening its presence in the Midlands.  The company said the new office, which opens...

First Actuarial has launched a range of group protection services and joined industry body Grid. The actuarial and investment consultancy has spent two decades focusing on its pensions consultancy business and is...

Harnessing private and not-for-profit health provision and tax relief for private medical insurance (PMI) feature among the key proposals of Reform UK's 2024 election manifesto. The 28-page manifesto, called Our Contract with...

Yvonne Braun, director of policy for long-term savings, health and protection at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in...

HSBC Life UK director of distribution Mike Furniss has left the insurer to take up a senior chartered financial planner position at Francis Clark Financial Planning. National account manager Richard Waters will...