Pensions

With one provider pulling away from offering initial commission on group pensions, so another has dipped a tentative toe into the water. Axa followed Friends Provident, Standard and Prudential into the no...

Why does the sector suffer from such poor standards? And what are we providers doing to rectify and improve the situation?The main reason, as those involved in the industry would testify, is...

I firmly believe we can learn a lot about how to inspire consumers to save for a better retirement from the Australian approach. I recently had the privilege of attending a seminar...

All companies will thus become involved in the process of auto-enrolling their staff into pension saving; including those who don't want to join a pension scheme, never did and never will. The...

"I want to dispel any sense of unions just obdurately banging the table and refusing to countenance any change in a shortsighted way," she says. "Unions and trustees have been very ready...

Individuals with large equity exposure were obviously the worst hit after the FTSE 100 plunged by 31 per cent last year, while many other markets - including Europe, Japan and the US...

Latin America's economy was growing, helped by strong commodity prices and buoyant demand from China. It is a region rich in raw materials: Venezuela has oil, Mexico and Peru have an abundance...

In addition to the confidential objective counselling services offered to employees - typically for up to six telephone-based or face-to-face sessions - and the array of helplines to assist with legal, financial...

But this isn't the case when it comes to medical insurance in the SME market. Here, with the exception of one insurer, obtaining the claims history for a scheme isn't an option,...

Research from Haven Holidays published in March found that, despite the current economic gloom, nearly half of those surveyed were still intending to take a holiday in 2009. However, more than half...