US insurance broker and employee benefits consulting giant NFP has bought Johnson Fleming, the Bromsgrove-based benefits adviser. In the US NFP specialises in corporate benefits, property and casualty, retirement and individual solutions...
Prior to the Covid pandemic, almost one in three medical appointments have been missed due to work pressures – and this is having significant effect on productivity, according to new research. Research...
The consumer group Which? has launched a new scam alert service, aimed at preventing criminals cashing in on the coronavirus crisis. Those signing up to the service will receive warning about the...
In an industry full of buzz words, there is one which crops up more often than most – consolidation. In reality, pensions have been consolidating over the last decade, an evolution largely...
Marketers love the F word. Some even over use it. Too much of the F word can affect your professional credibility. At best you could sound like an idiot. There’s no question...
Urgent clarification is needed from HMRC on how it intends to view people giving up salary during the COVID-19 crisis, says AJ Bell. New anti-avoidance rules were introduced in 2017 to prevent...
The Covid crash was the test that pension funds didn’t want – at least not yet. It has proved an examination of the pensions sector on so many levels. Most fundamentally it has...
Scottish Widows has temporarily extended its quote guarantee period and changed how it accepts annuity applications, to help support advisers and customers during the coronavirus crisis. The insurer is now allowing double...
Sipp and SSAS software provider Delta Financial Systems has appointed David Zwirn as group sales director to lead a drive into the workplace pensions and platform market. The provider is targeting workplace...
For centuries we have come to expect that we will live healthier, longer lives than our parents’ generation. But research led by Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University...
