Pensions

With less than one year to go until the first wave of employers must meet auto-enrolment deadlines, more than 100 companies are already in the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) pipeline.Ministers have...

With insurance premium tax (IPT) at a comparatively low rate of 6 percent at the moment, it is widely considered to be low-hanging fruit for chancellor George Osborne when he looks for...

Companies with as few as 300 employees could benefit from opting for a self-insured healthcare solution and will become more engaged in the scheme if they do so. That was the view...

Unum is introducing a new foundation level of income protection cover, designed to support the nine out of ten UK employees who do not currently have a financial back-up plan in place...

Active member discounts have always managed to attract controversy. New guidance from the Pensions Regulator and public statements from the pensions minister criticising them make it look like the government wants to...

There has been a dramatic growth in implementation of funding level triggers, but schemes are divided on the best way to implement them, a survey from Aon Hewitt survey shows.The survey -...

Elements of cancer cover and care are confusing to corporate decision makers selecting medical plans, as well as claimants covered by those plans, according to research from Mercer.The report, Covering Cancer, in...

Employees are keen to save more for the long term but need clear communication and guidance to help them, according to research from Standard Life.The report, developed with academics from the University...

The cross-government Health, Work and Well-being Strategy Unit (HWWB) in conjunction with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently revealed some startling figures following their health and well-being survey of...

It is now a matter of months and not years until the first employers reach their staging dates, and it suddenly feels like there is a lot that needs to be done.The...