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Swiss Re appoints its current HR head for property & casualty reinsurance (P&C Re) Nicole Pieterse as its chief people officer, taking over from Cathy Desquesses. Pieterse joined Swiss Re in 2015 and will bring HR leadership expertise and a track record across the financial services industry, where she held a range of senior HR roles

Two-thirds of employers, or 67 per cent, are directing spend towards preventative healthcare as they look to manage rising medical inflation, according to Howden. According to its Changing Face of Employee Health report, which highlights the growing prominence of healthcare as a core employee benefit, health support is becoming a stronger factor in workforce decisions.

TPT Investment Management (TPTIM) has been appointed by Dalriada Trustees Limited as fiduciary manager for Paradigm Housing’s defined benefit pension plan. Dalriada Trustees joined TPTIM’s fiduciary platform last month under a Fiduciary Management Agreement with an external trustee. Dalriada will access TPT’s DB Connect service, a multi-trust solution offering consolidation benefits alongside TPT’s Master Trust

Healix Health and Perci Health have expanded their partnership to offer full end-to-end cancer support which would cover prevention, early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and support for caregivers. Perci Guide, which Healix presents as its Cancer Prevention offering through the My Healix app, is a digital cancer support service for Healix Health members and their families,

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has launched a Development Partnerships programme that enables pension-sector employers to manage staff memberships, training and qualifications through a single, organisation-wide framework rather than through individual arrangements. The model provides employers with predictable annual costs, discounted access to PMI qualifications and CPD, and centralised reporting, while employees receive sponsored early-career

Advisers are ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the implementation of private markets into DC defaults, but say challenges persist says Muna Abdi

Mattioli Woods has named Peter Mann, who currently serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Mattioli Woods, as CEO. Mann is an industry veteran and brings with him a wealth of experience in financial services leadership, having held senior roles at Old Mutual Wealth and Skandia UK, where his leadership delivered transformative results. He will work closely

Howden is acquiring the employee benefits consultancy division of Evelyn Partners, Evelyn Partners Financial Services Limited (EPFS). EPFS provides consultancy services to employers and trustees, with a client base that includes mid-market, scale-up and fast-growing firms. Its services cover group risk and healthcare benefits, employee engagement and communications, wellbeing and other ancillary benefit offerings. The

Pension schemes and other private investors have pledged over £10 billion to UK infrastructure, innovation and growth projects, coinciding with government plans to streamline bureaucracy. At the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham, attended by more than 350 business leaders, mayors and investors, Chancellor Rachel Reeves emphasised the importance of long-term capital in driving the nation’s

The UK ranks 10th out of 42 countries in the 2025 Global Financial Inclusion Index from Principal Financial Group and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). The Index, in its fourth year, measures how governments, financial systems and employers support financial inclusion across three pillars. The global Index score fell 0.2 points to