Pension schemes need to evolve to help people balance shorter-term saving needs alongside longer-term retirement goals. This was the clear message from employee benefit consultants and advisers attending a Corporate Adviser roundtable...
Employers are moving away from traditional one-size-fits-all benefits packages to embrace more flexibility in their benefit design. We’re hearing employers say they need to provide modern and competitive benefits to cater for...
SPONSORED CONTENT Unum has integrated cancer services for group life and critical illness customers into its multi-award-winning app Help@hand, giving seamless access to support from cancer experts Reframe. Paula Coffey, Unum director...
Rising funding levels are making Defined Benefit (DB) pension trustees think about their illiquid assets with 40 per cent saying that reducing their scheme's allocation to illiquid assets is now a top...
Demand continues to grow for health insurance as employees look to their organisations to help them access healthcare post-pandemic. But, with the breadth and cost of treatment increasing, and benefits budgets under...
The workplace protection and healthcare sector has sought to boost value for clients and members in recent years, via a whole range of added-value support services. But consultants at a recent Corporate...
The next few years could prove to be extremely challenging for the workplace protection and healthcare sector, with insurers needing to evolve and adapt their propositions if they want to see growth...
Ascot Lloyd has appointed Christian Burgess as chief financial & operations officer (CFOO) and Peter Blanc as non-executive director (NED). Burgess will lead Ascot Lloyd’s Finance and Operational Transformation functions, working closely...
Around 84 per cent of defined benefit (DB) pension scheme members are failing to consider a switch to a more flexible arrangement, raising concerns some are at risk of missing out by...
Around £50bn in surplus funds could be returned to FTSE 350 DB scheme sponsors if the Mansion House proposals are approved, according to analysis by Barnett Waddingham. This sum represents around 10...
