Three-quarters of employers intend to use their existing scheme to comply with employer duties, but 69 per cent have not yet begun to prepare for the pension changes, according to new research.But...
The decline in group risk premiums slowed significantly last year, and death benefit and critical illness sums assured increased by over 7 per cent, according Swiss Re’s latest Group Watch report.In-force sums...
Towers Watson has appointed Helen Dowsey as a senior investment consultant in its expanding Defined Contribution (DC) business.Helen re-joins Towers Watson from Aon Hewitt where she was a principal for the past...
Mercer is appointing Patrick Race as head of its UK investment consulting business, leading its UK executive team and will also sit on the leadership team for Mercer UKFor the last four...
MOST pension schemes still require a minimum of three months to invest in new asset classes, according to a survey by Aon Hewitt. A survey of 57 UK-based schemes found the trustee...
Moxham: “Surely the Government has a role to play?” Almost half of companies without group life cover would consider implementing a policy when pensions auto-enrolment comes into force, according to research carried...
The long-standing Concordat and Moratorium on Genetics, which bans the use of genetic tests in the underwriting of most healthcare insurance contracts, has been extended to 2017.The moratorium, which has been agreed...
Lawson: “Our attitudes towards retirement are changing as people live longer” A quarter of people expect to use inheritance to help fund their retirement plans, according to research by Standard Life.The provider...
Legal & General is launching an auto enrolment eligibility assessment tool for its WorkSave Pensions. The tool has been designed to identify employees who qualify for auto enrolment, to simplify the auto...
Good data-cleansing in advance of any wind-up or buyout can reduce insurers’ exit premiums by up to 5 per cent, says Mercer.Schemes can make significant cost savings by paying greater attention to...
