Pensions

Ian McKenna With the workplace market seen as one of the primary beneficiaries of RDR, as traditional IFA advice becomes unaffordable for vast numbers of consumers, the latest requirements from the FSA...

F&TRC has not examined e-commerce in the group risk market since 2007. At that time what was available was very limited indeed. As explored in the introduction, group risk as a market...

Surveys continually show that over 80% of the members of a DC arrangement invest in the default so getting it right is a key aspect of any DC plan. There is no...

When I returned from holiday to hear that the Government was contemplating scrapping higher rate tax relief on pensions, I found myself humming the theme tune of the M*A*S*H television series.“Suicide is...

UNTIL RELATIVELY recently the phrase ’group risk e-commerce’ was almost an oxymoron, and while there have been sterling efforts on the part of a small number of insurers, overall it’s fair to...

Rob Pearce, Head of Workplace, Retirement Services, HSBC The latest research from pension product providers gives some great insight into what employers and the ’man in the street’ thinks of pension provision,...

This is a great time to be doing my job,” admits Jim Bligh, who took over from Neil Carberry as principal policy adviser for employment relations and pensions at the Confederation of...

The guiding principle behind Ellipse is to bring the transformative power of technology to group risk business. While other companies offer an e-option, as a new insurer - we started trading in...

The challenges of longevity and under saving faced by the UK are far from unique. At last winter’s Davos summit, The World Economic Forum published a report warning of massive unfunded liabilities...

The practice of refusing to disclose claims history for smaller company schemes means brokers are unable to fulfill their obligations under ICOB, which requires them to search the market to find the...