This increase is down to inflation mainly – as is the case with many other industries. Home insurance providers are finding repairs and labourers generally more expensive, and are passing these extra ...

This morning’s HMRC update shows that Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts recorded a total of £701 million in May 2025. That brings the total IHT collected in the first two months of the 2025/26 financial ...

This morning’s HMRC tax receipts update shows that Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts recorded a total of £1.48 billion in May 2025, an increase of £50 million on the same month last year. That ...

AIM celebrates its 30th anniversary on 19 June 2025. Eleven companies from the first six months of AIM’s existence in 1995 are still on the UK market today. Three of these companies are now on the ...

The fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 on June 12, 2025, has become a pivotal moment for the already tightening global aviation reinsurance market. This tragic incident resulted in the death of 241 ...

At an XPS Group webinar on 9 June 2025, attended by 300 trustees, employers and pension managers, 76% of trustees said they were minded to adopt the new statutory override to give themselves the power ...

61% of festivalgoers have lost their belongings or had them stolen while at a festival – the average value of lost or stolen items is £368. Wallets/money were the most commonly lost item (60%), ...

It’s not hard to find reasons to be negative about the UK’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Companies seem to be leaving on a daily basis, former market giants are struggling and IPOs are scarcer ...

Yes, as always, there has been significant newsflow in the interim (we will continue to observe events in the Middle East closely), but as we sift through the economic data we have received in the ...

However, the study, which surveyed 350 underwriting, actuarial, and IT professionals working in Specialty and Commercial insurance across the UK and US, also found that many insurers are still ...

Fidelity’s analysis of the latest PLSA Retirement Living Standards reveals what it really takes to retire comfortably in 2025. Research shows a growing focus on retirement savings, particularly among ...

Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’Sentiment remains subdued as investors brace for the Iran-Israel conflict to intensify. Oil prices remain sharply higher on the ...