Industry
Life insurers pay out £90m during pandemic
Roughly 7,000 death claims were filed throughout the height of the crisis
STM acquires two Berkeley Burke businesses
In a deal worth up to £2.9m, as it lines up money for more M&A opportunities
GWM hires Hargreaves alum
He was ‘heavily involved’ in the firm’s Wealth 50 funds list
Investment firms warned about holding onto client funds
UK regulator expects monies to be returned if they are ‘unlikely to be reinvested in the short term’
5 minutes with… Simon Barwell
Marketing director at RL360, IFGL and Friends Provident International