Tracing marital status? Think data protection

Naomi Brown considers the key data questions to ask when looking at marital status

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Tracing marital status? Think data protection

As defined benefit (DB) schemes mature, de-risk and edge ever closer to buyout and wind up, companies and trustees are increasingly focusing on different types of risk exposure.

One risk they may be looking at more closely is the risk which relates to whether members have a partner who would qualify for survivor benefits on the death of the member. For some time we have...

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