High trust and high expectations: BW’s professional trustee survey 2026
Building on themes from our 2025 report, this year’s research explores what schemes value, how preferences diverge, and the evolving pace of Corporate Sole Trusteeship.
Quiz – How Well Do You Understand Your Health Insurance – Frameless
Health insurance is often complicated, but understanding the basics helps you make better decisions about your coverage and care. This 10-question quiz touches on some terms you may encounter.
Delivering a complex buy‑in with precision and collaboration
How BW helped the Dr. Martens Pension Plan secure a complex buy‑in quickly and confidently through expert leadership and collaborative planning.
Carrick Group names Matt Brand as Head of Governance
Carrick Group Limited, a Bermuda-based international non-life legacy insurer, has appointed Matt Brand as Head of Governance. Brand joins from Hampden Group, where he spent a decade, most recently serving as Group Head of Operations. In his new role, he…
Strong earnings recovery solidifies SCOR’s positive outlook: Fitch
French reinsurer SCOR SE has demonstrated significant financial recovery in its 2025 results, which confirm the group’s resilience and capacity to deliver strong capital and earnings performance, according to a credit comment from Fitch Ratings. SCOR reported an adjusted net…
BirdsEyeView introduces cat exposure and risk analytics modelling platform, CERA
BirdsEyeView, a European Space Agency-backed insurtech specialising in natural catastrophe modelling and exposure management, has launched CERA, an enhanced ‘Catastrophic Exposure and Risk Analytics’ platform. This aims to represent the next generation evolution of the firm’s Hazard Modelling platform. The…
Certua Life launches as first new UK life insurer in nearly two decades
Certua Life Limited has officially launched, becoming the first new protection-focused life insurer to be authorised in the UK in nearly two decades. Certua Life combines an insurance licence with technology designed to embed life insurance into the digital services…
Talanx extends CEO’s contract until June 2030
The Supervisory Board of Talanx AG has decided to reappoint Torsten Leue as Chairman of the Board of Management, extending his contract ahead of schedule until June 2030. According to Talanx, the early extension recognises the Executive Board team’s strong…
Markel announces John Riley as Senior Claims Adjuster for Financial Institutions
Markel Insurance, the insurance business of Markel Group Inc., has appointed John Riley as Senior Claims Adjuster – Financial Institutions, effective immediately. His appointment supports the transition of the remaining Commercial Directors & Officers (D&O) claims into an enlarged FIDO…
Means testing the UK State Pension
Should the UK State Pension be means tested? We explore the case for and against, from retirement fairness and fiscal pressure to saving incentives and administrative complexity.