News from the Association
Data Breach - Barings Law Update June 2025
The case management conference took place in the High Court in London on the 18th and 19th June 2025 and Barings have provided us with an overview and update of the hearing.
Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of the update sent to Pat Brady.
2025 AXA UK Group Pension Scheme newsletter
The latest edition of the AXA UK Group Pension Scheme newsletter is now ready to view.
Want to find out more about how to stay safe from pension scams, take a closer look at the Scheme accounts and, with a new government in place, look at how your pension could be affected?
All this information and more is waiting for you in the 2025 newsletter, which you can view by clicking the link below.
If you have any questions about the content of the newsletter you can call the AXA UK Group Pension Scheme on 0370-123 4701 or fill out the ’Contact us’ form via the online portal
2025 APPA AGM Announcement
In accordance with the AXA Provincial Pensioners Association constitution, formal notice is given that:
The 2025 Annual General Meeting of AXA Provincial Pensioners Association will be held on Thursday 4th September 2025 at the Castle Green Hotel, Castle Green Lane, Kendal, LA9 6RG (the hotel details can be found by clicking this link). The AGM will commence at 11am with coffee and biscuits available from 10:30am.
For those attending in person, if you haven’t already done so, please email Janis Mildwater (click here) by 21st August 2025 to confirm your attendance.
For those unable to join us in person, we will be hosting a Zoom meeting. Please ensure that you have previously downloaded and registered the Zoom app on your computer, tablet or phone well ahead of the scheduled date.
The Zoom link and meeting i/d will be confirmed nearer the date. The link will be open from 10:30am but please note the meeting is not scheduled to start until 11am so try accessing it around 10:45am.
The Agenda for the 2025 AGM can be obtained by clicking on the link below.
One of the Agenda items is Election of Officers. If you wish to nominate someone for an elected position, please ensure that the nominee is willing to stand and has the support of two other APPA members. You should email your nomination to Secretary Tony Ryan (click here) by 21st August 2025.
Remembrance Day
11th November 2025
A note for your diary
Once again we will be holding a service in memory of those Provincial staff members who died in WW1 and WW2
Further details to follow
John Lyons
Experian - Update May 2025
An update from Pat Brady (APPA Chair) on the cessation of the free Experian monitoring service ...
"The news from AXA that it will not be extending the free Experian monitoring service was not unexpected. Both AXA and Capita have been monitoring the dark web for signs of compromised data and neither Capita or AXA have detected any information.
In addition, there have been no reports to any of the regional representatives from members of suspicious activities.
Therefore, your Experian membership will come to an end 12 month from the date you renewed it. You are of course at liberty to approach Experian or other companies such as Equifax if you want to continue but there will be a fee. Experian’s fee for Identity Plus which is what was provided to us is £10.99 per month.
There has been a class action taken against Capita by Barings solicitors based in Manchester. There is a court date listing of 18th June 2025 so if anything comes from that I will inform your regional representatives and update the APPA website"
Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of the update sent out by the AXA Pensions Team.
Data Breach - Barings Law Update February 2025
Barings Law have just confirmed that they are making an application to court to add an additional 4,000 claimants to the class action and are hoping that this matter is also dealt with at the case management hearing listed for June 18th 2025.
Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of the update sent to Pat Brady.
1,000 Up
The "Provincial Insurance old boys and girls" forum on Facebook has just reached the 1,000 member milestone
Congratulations go to Chris Braysher who established this forum
Data Breach - Barings Law Update October 2024
Barings Law have recently confirmed that they have now received an application hearing date in the High Court, which is listed for the June 24th/25th 2025
Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of the update sent to Pat Brady.
Pension Fraud
Action Fraud have recently produced some general advice on how to keep clear of pension fraud. It includes some national statistics that show how much of a risk this can pose to people planning for or enjoying their retirement.
Click on the link below to be directed to the Action Fraud site (but ignore the first paragraph on the page as it is not applicable).
2024 AGM Chair's Report
You can read the Chair's report by clicking on the button below
2024 AGM Minutes
The minutes from the AGM held on 5th September 2024 can be downloaded (in pdf format) by clicking on the button below
2024 AGM Presentation and Company Results
The presentation (which includes the Company results) from the AGM held on 5th September 2024 can be downloaded (in pdf format) by clicking on the button below
A selection of pictures of the committee and attendees can be found here
Data Breach - Barings Law Update April 2024
Barings Law have recently provided an update to Pat.
Click on the link below to download a copy of the update.
Ray Tickle - New Region 10 Representative
The Cornwall and Devon areas have now been split away from the South Wales, Bristol, Hampshire, Dorset Region to make it more geographically manageable for pensioners to attend events.
Consequently, we are happy to advise that Ray Tickle has agreed to be the representative for the new region, which is named Region 10
Click on the link below to read the announcement from Pat Brady.
Beverly Kennealy - New NW Region Representative
We are delighted to announce that Beverly Kennealy has agreed to take over the position of Regional Representative for the North West Region from Adrian Smith.
Huge thanks to Adrian and his wife Julie for the fantastic job they have done for APPA over the years.
Click on the link below to read the announcement from Pat Brady.
Updated Pension Portal
AXA have updated the online pension portal with a new login function and additional security features. The portal can be used to view your payslips and P60, as well as keeping your personal details up to date.
A card providing details of the launch of the updated portal was included in the recent pension increase letter and a copy of this card can be viewed by clicking on the link below.
The updated portal can be accessed via this link
Capita Data Breach - Class Action
Barings Law (Solicitor in Manchester) are acting for several individuals who had been affected by the Data Breach
Barings and Pat Brady have provided an update, which can be found by clicking the button below.
Capita Data Breach - AXA Statements
You may have read about the computer data breach suffered by Capita early in April 2023. As Capita administer the pension fund on behalf of AXA we have asked for an update from the Company.
You can find AXA plc's statements to APPA via this link.
Please note that the scheme trustee's website contains the latest information to members about the situation: click on this link, select the "News" page then select the "Capita Cyber Incident update – important news" link on this page.
On this page is also a link to a set of FAQs about the cyber incident that you may find useful.
Joan Rhodes BEM
Our regional representative Joan Rhodes became a Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) in the King’s first ever New Year’s Honours list. This was awarded for services to the community in Kent during Covid-19.
Congratulations from all of us at APPA!