The Department for Work and Pensions Select Committee has announced an inquiry into the role of contingent charging on pension transfer advice.  It is inviting interested parties to submit written...

Global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co is buying specialist UK insurance broker Stackhouse Poland Group as private equity investor Synova Capital sells its stake. The deal is subject to...

Fast-growing employee benefits consultancy Howden is buying Punter Southall Health and Protection as well as its associated Red Arc Assured and Risk Policy Administration businesses for an undisclosed fee. The...

Compensation paid to those who have been wrongly advised to transfer out of a DB pension scheme has doubled over the past two years.  New figures from the Financial Services...

Willis Towers Watson has appointed Costas Yiasoumi as a senior director in its pension de-risking transaction business.  The appointment reflects the firm’s significant growth in providing services in this rapidly...

Bolton will replace John Perks who is leaving to join the Police Mutual Group as chief executive in April. He joins from Aviva Life, where has has worked for the...

These changes include the addition of three new conditions and updates to eight existing conditions.  L&G’s group CIC policy allows employers to choose either a core set of illnesses, or...

The Buck brand has been revived following the completion of the sale of Conduent’s benefits business to an investment fund managed by private equity firm HIG Capital. Buck Consultants was...

We are now atthe first anniversary of the arrival of the new rules requiring “buy-side” firm, such as pension funds, unit trusts, hedge funds and private equity funds, to purchase...

SimplyBiz group chairman Ken Davy says the FCA’s proposal that the FOS limit increase to £350,000 will do nothing to stop criminal or reckless advisers that are responsible for high...