Financial education

A private medical insurer (PMI) might be expected to answer employee calls for health benefits by giving staff access to its own brand of PMI, however, Rebecca Pearson, general...

There is a little known rule that means people who are victims of pension scams can also be hit with HMRC tax charges of 55 percent for ‘unauthorised payments’....

With people changing jobs more often and the ongoing success of auto-enrolment, the value of lost pension pots in the UK has risen by 60 percent since 2018, representing...

Vitality has launched a benefits statement for policyholders that sets out the value of services and rewards that each employee uses on its health and insurance plans.  Statements will...

As the government published its report ‘Lessons on pensions engagement’, consultancy Broadstone called for the findings to be “translated into real, tangible steps” that will improve engagement among savers...

Significant challenges around gender pay gap (GPG) reporting have been revealed by data from Mercer’s latest pay transparency study. Results showed that employer adoption of more transparent policies is...

For Sue Flood, the shock of losing her pension life savings resulted in severe depression. Flood and her husband were scammed out of £230,000 between them, with the final...

Reports that the government will drop plans to create a new UK ISA have been broadly welcomed. The news follows concerns that a new ISA would further complicate an...

A new interactive, gamified financial wellbeing platform called ‘money&me’ has been launched by specialist provider Wealth at Work. Employees can use the platform to build their financial knowledge through...

A fifth of employees suffer from some level of financial avoidance, according to findings in the Aviva Working Lives Report 2024: Working for the Future. The annual investigation showed...