Colin Fitzgerald: The high cost of not protecting SMEs
Absence due to sickness or injury is a massive drain on UK businesses. Over 130 million days are lost a year according to official figures. Some of that is down to short-term...
Opinion
Ian McKenna: Video killed the paper statement
It is widely recognised that one of the biggest challenges in long-term savings is getting customers really engaged with their savings. The FCA green-lighted many highly innovative approaches in their feedback Statement...
Glenn Thompson: Tough questions on group risk
Almost lost in the Brexit-related noise of this year was a government consultation with the potential to subtly shift the responsibility employers have for the health of their workforce. In July, the...
Gregg McClymont: Boris’s net pay payback time
Now that most of us have had a well-deserved break since an all-consuming General Election campaign, we can all go about our business in this new year as normal, right? For many...
Claire Ginnelly: The forward march of the corporate cash plan
Corporate cash plans are on the rise with year on year growth over the last 5 years. According to Corporate Adviser’s Workplace Protection & Wellbeing Report 2019, there were 1.48 million employees...
Mark Jarred: How group life master trusts can provide certainty for SMEs
Throughout 2019 SMEs have experienced a raft of complexities and uncertainties that could affect their businesses. In the first half of 2019, we saw the minimum contribution on auto-enrolment schemes rise to...
John Greenwood: Gone in 24 hours – do they mean state pension?
On receiving a recent press release bearing the heading ‘22 years of pension savings gone in 24 hours’ my first thought was that they were talking about the impact of the introduction...
Gregg McClymont: The general levy’s unfair burden on master trusts
Nobody likes it when their bills go up but imagine finding out that your ever-increasing gas bill was also subsidising the cost of heating the 10-bedroom mansion you wish you could live...
Clare Lusted: EGLP master trusts – making life simple
How can master trusts help grow the group life market? We know there are hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) that may be interested in protecting their workforce with...
Ian McKenna: L&G’s technological leap
The pensions industry is often criticised for how long it takes for meaningful data to be made available to members, employers and trustees. Compared to the wealth of information available via Open...
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