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Press release archive
- Police Mutual becomes part of Royal London
- Mark Rennison joins Royal London Board as non-executive director
- Financial advice improves emotional wellbeing
- Number of grandparents getting state pension help to look after grandchildren surges
- Police Mutual to become part of Royal London
- £575m paid in protection claims 2019
- Rise of the female breadwinner: Woman earns the most in one-in-four households
- Royal London Announces Sale of Ascentric
- "Workers taking ill health early retirement risk unexpected pensions tax bill – new FOI"
- Revealed: Councils that don't return ashes from a public health funeral
- Young women putting financial futures at risk by opting out of pensions
- Three million Brits put off buying a new home because of Brexit
- Bereaved are burdened with record high funeral debt
- The global outlook remains "a tug-of-war between stimulus and trade tensions"
- New Chief Executive Barry O’Dwyer joins Royal London
- Why taking money from the ‘wrong’ pension pot could cost you dear
- Little known tax rule means parents can give triple boost to their children by paying into their pensions
- Government receives one complaint every hour about tax-free childcare
- Finding the right medicine - how to fix the problems between doctors and their pension scheme
- New research shows women at risk of financial meltdown
- New FOI reveals far more low-paid workers missing out on pension tax relief than previously thought - Royal London
- Half a million workers past pension age may be paying unnecessary tax on their state pension
- 'Groundbreaking' new research reveals 'Lifetime Allowance timebomb' set to hit more than a million workers
- “New FOI reply reveals over 100,000 savers could face shock six figure tax bills following tiny uplifts to their pension – urgent need for clarity from HMRC”
- Royal London reunites lost policyholders with £14 million
- new research shows divorced women are ‘pensions poor relations’
- RLAM against forced divestment of Unilever under single listing
- Buried in debt: Mourners borrow £1,700 to pay for loved ones' funerals
- Will we ever summit the Pension Mountain New analysis from Royal London
- MPs 'misled' over Budget stealth tax – Steve Webb, Royal London
- Perplexed by wills
- "Financial advice provides £47,000 wealth uplift in a decade" – new research from Royal London and the International Longevity Centre
- Royal London introduces beneficiary nomination
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Press releases 2021
- August
- Jane Guyett CBE joins Royal London board as non-executive director
- Positive first half performance despite continued lockdown
- Royal London says, “This is not the time to be passive” as it embeds responsible investment in pension funds
- Couples could be missing out on Marriage Allowance from previous tax years
- Royal London welcomes Claire Molloy and Shaunagh Brown as brand ambassadors
- Inflation dip temporary
- 15.9m UK adults more financially vulnerable as a result of the pandemic
- Mixed picture on consumer confidence
- Shaunagh Brown attends Girls Rugby Club with Royal London
- Pensioners will be ‘deeply disappointed’ about change to triple lock, particularly women and self-employed
- Wealthy parent bonus could be even higher if you consider pension savings
- Social care news should bring much needed framework for the sector
- Decision to include pension contributions in furlough scheme was crucial to avert savings drop off during pandemic
- July
- Royal London responds to the FCA consultation on a Consumer Duty
- Revealed: the home improvements that add the most value to your property in 2021 (and the real reasons we renovate)
- Royal London boosts critical illness cover providing enhanced outcomes for parents
- Investment Pathways and ESG in spotlight as IGC report finds Royal London continues to provide value for money
- Over half of consumers want their pension invested responsibly to help tackle climate change
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Press release archive
- June
- FCA Consumer Duty is welcome but we must go further to include environment
- Act now to protect standard of living, says mutual Royal London
- May
- 1 in 4 people more likely to increase pension contributions if they understood tax relief better
- Strong UK PMI data bodes well, but signals more price pressure
- Royal London removes COVID-19 restrictions to underwriting
- UK inflation - jumping out of the range
- Royal London appoints Vidur Bahree as Group Investment Director
- Increasing pension contributions at key life stages has merit but we need to implement 2017 review proposals
- The Rt Hon Ruth Davidson to join Royal London board as Non-Executive Director
- December
- Expect more interest rate rises
- Interest rates continue to climb
- Downside inflation surprise won’t stop rate rises (yet)
- Jump in over-50s coming out of retirement
- RLAM pre-lets its flagship office development, The Earnshaw on New Oxford Street
- UK GDP: An expected bounce; Still weak
- Cost of living and Christmas concerns still take priority over climate issues in the wake of COP27
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