Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced that six insurance firms have committed to invest £25bn in capital projects across the UK over the next five years, covering energy, transport, flood defence, waste, water and communications infrastructure
Pensioners lose nearly one-fifth of their retirement income by taking the annuity offered to them by their pension provider without shopping around, a report has revealed today
Plans to introduce mandatory health insurance for all citizens, residents and visitors in Dubai from next year will create opportunities for insurance firms, an investment fund has said
Insurers from around the world have ranked the risk of a global pandemic as the most extreme event that could impact the industry, Towers Watson has revealed today.
The Pensions Regulator has launched a consultation into the future of defined benefit funding after it said there was a need to minimise the impact pension liabilities could have on employers expansion plans.
London insurers have been urged to remain alive to the risk of sanction violation despite last weekends landmark deal between Iran and six world powers that lifts some of the economic restrictions placed on the country.
Companies need at least 11 more years to meet their pension shortfalls despite diverting more cash into their schemes, PricewaterhouseCoopers said after conducting an analysis that found low government bond yields were to blame.
