Pensions

Expect evolution not revolution

Many are predicting a wave of strikes in defence of existing pension arrangements when former Work and Pension Secretary John Hutton publishes his interim report into public sector pensions later this month....

A united front

Ongoing concerns that the Group Risk market has over the removal of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) were allayed slightly by the announcement in the Government’s recent consultation. They acknowledge the unintended...

Supreme sacrifice

In association withThe tax efficiency of salary sacrifice for different earnings groups seems to have been constantly under question as both former and current governments have grappled with the taxation of pensions.But...

Off the critical list

With corporate clients scrutinising every penny of their employee benefit spend, the health insurance market hasn’t been immune from the post Lehman Brothers fallout. But in comparison with some sectors of the...

Shock resistant

The group risk market has certainly not remained unscathed by the financial traumas of the last two years and there is a considerable way to go before it experiences anything approaching business...

Lessons of lehmans

On Wednesday September 10 2008, Lehman Brothers posted a loss of $3.9bn for the three months to August. Confidence in the firm evaporated and, in the absence of a US Government bail-out...

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