Pensions

The FSA has for many years been nervous of the potential for advised churning in the personal pensions market. Clearly, this is unlikely to be in the best interests of the unsuspecting...

ian mckenna In recent weeks IBM have been promoting the concept of a citizens pension portal. Whilst I can see significant potential benefits in such a portal, this is not a new...

At the recent AMII Summit, the Right Honourable Stephen Dorrell MP, chair of the Health Select Committee said: “We are getting older, our expectations are rising, medicine can do more things -...

The impact auto enrolment will have on pension scheme arrangements is generally well understood by advisers, employers and trustees, but it can also affect the other generous employee benefits generally afforded to...

The DWP’s decision to opt for the ‘pot follows member’ option has not only polarised opinions between providers with different agendas. It has also opened a new front between the Coalition and...

More employer clients will look to increase their group risk expenditure than will look to decrease it as part of an overall review of benefits triggered by pensions auto-enrolment, said delegates at...

The forthcoming combination of RDR, pensions auto-enrolment and welfare reform could result in a “Group Risk Revolution” which propels group risk to the top table of corporate agendas for employee benefits, said...

Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles For years, international medical insurance has enabled employees to access healthcare while away from home. But, as it becomes increasingly common for people to travel, either on...

You can talk about tax reliefs, high charges, asset allocation, a lack of trust in pension providers and asset managers and how you could improve the situation as much as you like...

Faced with the burden of auto-enrolment, the bare minimum of putting everyone into Nest with no advice may appeal to employers. Factor in the advent of the Retail Distribution Review and pension...