Pensions

BHSF is planning a move into the flexible benefits market with a low-cost offering targeted specifically at the SME to mid-corporate market.The new offering, which is set to be launched in the...

Mercer is launching a diversified growth fund that will form the core of the default offering within its platform-based workplace savings solution. Mercer says the fund uses its best thinking for defined...

Many of the wrinkles that need ironing out relate to self-insured schemes. The draft regulations pertaining to the DRA exemption produced this February did not make it sufficiently clear whether it applied...

Grid’s service standards charter and new business templates are to be launched on its website in September.Aiming to streamline business processes and make the market more accessible, the service standard charter and...

Increasing state pension age and making it flat-rate, overseeing implementation of auto-enrolment and reforming public sector pensions all at the same time is a big ask, and squaring all the circles at...

Lindsey Joseph, Association of Medical Insurance IntermediariesI believe the question that is more appropriate is: Why won’t the holding insurers release claims information?! Historically SME clients were on a community rated proposition,...

“With a mid-range cash plan you might get £120 a year towards dental treatment. This would cover your check-ups and minor work but wouldn’t really give you anything for the catastrophes such...

What’s in a name? Certainly the name of a fund can be very misleading and there have been some corkers over the years.You only have to go back a couple of years...

Is it in our cultural upbringing to continually seek out risk? We are all aware that there is no reward without risk, but what are the parameters of this? How much risk...

The group risk market is very competitive, and with scheme reviews occurring every two years there are frequent opportunities for advisers to check if other insurers are offering better terms than the...