Credit ratings firm Fitch has said it expects an increase in the number of mergers in the reinsurance sector, with firms likely to look at possible acquisitions in an attempt to deal with pressures in the market.
The National Association of Pension Funds has today published the first ever in-depth analysis of the difference in life expectancy trends between members of defined benefit pension schemes.
The links between auto-enrolment eligibility and thresholds for payment of income tax and National Insurance should be broken to allow more low-paid people to save for a pension, the Association of Consulting Actuaries has said.
The Pensions Regulator has shut down five pension liberation schemes, which together received transfers totalling more than £134m from over 1,400 individuals.
The Pensions Regulator is consulting on whether to publish a list of pension schemes to address the risk of non-compliance by small and micro employers (SMEs).
