Corporate advisers and trustees could face legal challenges from members in the months ahead as a result of more flexible guidance from the regulator in response to the Covid-19 crisis. New guidance...
Thousands of investors who have taken advantage of pension freedom rules will have to review their retirement income strategies in light of the coronavirus sell off, according to leading pension experts. These...
The Department of Work & Pensions has withdrawn the planned 10 per cent increase in the general levy, due to take effect this April. This levy is applied on all occupational and...
Legal & General has confirmed its claims and underwriting team will remain fully operational with up to 90 per cent of their workforce working from home. The insurer has reiterated its commitment...
Trustees can suspend deficit reductions, ignore current markets in their valuations and stop cash equivalent transfers under a raft of emergency measures published by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) today. In a special...
The insurance industry needs to communicate clearly that a Covid-19 diagnosis won’t result in a claim under a group — or individual — critical illness policy, said speakers at an emergency Corporate...
Furloughed workers will generally be considered to be employed under their prior terms of employment for group risk purposes, but the fine detail of precisely how payouts will work is yet to...
Aviva has reported a tenfold increase in the number of calls to helplines offered as part of an Employee Assistance Programme. Speaking at a Corporate Adviser virtual round table on group risks'...
The Government will cover employer contributions into AE pensions if businesses have to furlough staff, according to a statement by the Department of Work and Pensions. The DWP confirmed firms claiming grants...
Origo is offering a free secure email services to all its users for two months, to help them protect communications and data that is being transferred during the Covid-19 pandemic. The service...
