Longer working lives require more flexible pension support

This year, 6 April marked the date from which the state pension age started to rise to 67. Over the next two years the age will steadily rise to reach age 67 for anyone born after 5 April 1961. At the same time, the triple lock saw the amount of full state pension payable to qualifying pensioners increase to £241.30 per week, or £12,547.60 per year. While an income equivalent to the state pension might be well below what many people aspire to, it remains a valuable foundation for retirement.

Without a design shift Life Insurance risks irrelevance

Life insurance was always designed around one moment: death, and for much of its history, that made perfect sense. Families were often built around a single breadwinner, life expectancy was shorter, and the financial shock of losing that person could be devastating. Life insurance met a clear and immediate need; protect the household if the worst happened. Over time, insurers strengthened the proposition by combining death benefits with tax-advantaged savings and investment products, creating a simple, stable offer that appealed to generations of customers.

Car insurance rollercoaster: Is 2025 simply momentary relief

While 2025 was a welcome period of relative stability for UK motor insurance, the latest cycle is faster and more extreme – better cycle management is more critical than ever for profitability. Based on WTW’s analysis of year-end reserving data, we estimate a 70% gross (of reinsurance and commission) private car loss ratio for the 2025 accident year, up from 66% in 2024. This makes 2025 one of the better-performing accident years in the last 10 years (excluding 2020 and 2021, both of which benefitted from lower frequencies owing to COVID-19 restrictions).

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