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Are your pension options inclusive? Understanding Sharia-compliant pension options for Muslim employees

By Naveed Riaz, Senior Consultant, Pensions & Savings Employers are increasingly reviewing their benefits through the lens of diversity, inclusion and employee engagement. Yet one aspect often ...

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Employee Benefits Employee health Employee Wellbeing Financial planning and pension information Investment, financial wellbeing and planning Pensions

Why employer support matters for financial wellbeing and retirement confidence

By Kelly Parsons, Head of DC Proposition and Emily Jones, Head of Workplace Wellbeing Employee financial wellbeing and retirement planning are often treated as separate challenges. In reality, both play an i...

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Employee Benefits Employee health Employee Wellbeing Risk & Healthcare tips & resources

What are your benefits claims and workforce health data telling you about future people risk?

By Sharon Harwood-Davis, Head of Corporate Healthcare Pricing  This article explores why leading employers are using claims analytics to identify workforce risks before they impact productivity, absence and ben...

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Employee Benefits Financial planning and pension information Pensions

Workplace pensions: participation is no longer the measure of success

By Adam Bexson, Senior Consultant  Millions of employees are now saving into workplace pensions. Yet the latest Pensions Commission interim report suggests many are still not on track for an adequate re...

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Useful information

Solvency II reform: the capital case for securitised credit 

Securitised credit remains a small allocation for European insurers, but the regulatory backdrop is changing. Today, securitisations represent less than 1% of EU insurers’ overall investment portfolios, comp...

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Risk & Healthcare tips & resources

Health risks, climate change and the growing relevance for protection insurers

By David Gray, Senior Consultant Actuary at Broadstone Summary Emerging health risks, from tick-borne disease to extreme weather, are becoming increasingly relevant for life assurance and income protectio...

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Employee Benefits Employee health Employee Wellbeing Pensions Risk & Healthcare tips & resources

Think salary sacrifice is just for pensions? Think again

By Robin Watkins and Adam Bexson Salary sacrifice (also known as salary exchange) is often viewed through a pensions-only lens. But the opportunity is far wider. For employers under cost pressure (and employees...

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Employee Benefits Employee health Employee Wellbeing Risk & Healthcare tips & resources

Employee absence management: How employers can reduce cost and improve return-to-work outcomes

By Jamie Burdess, Principal Consultant For many employers, absence management has quietly become one of the hardest workforce challenges to control.  Employee absence is no longer just an HR issue. I...

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Employee Benefits Risk & Healthcare tips & resources

Is your employee benefits platform working as well as you think? Why good governance could be the missing piece.

By Craig Williams, Director Employee Benefits Technology Today’s employee benefits platforms promise a slicker, smarter, more personalised experience for employees. But there’s one uncomfortable tr...