Pensions

Businesses and organisations with as few as 100 employees are being offered access to the benefits of a healthcare trust fund following the launch of Medical Care Direct’s new ’Health Link’ offering....

Proposals to increase the state pension age for women to 66 by 2020 have unfair and disproportionate consequences for a significant number of women says Ros Altmann, director-general of Saga.Altmann says women...

Consultancy charging will be made to work and will become widespread in the industry once employers and employees understand it, says Aviva.But predictions of less rebroking and a contraction in the intermediary...

Buck Consultants is in the market to acquire a corporate intermediary business to give it the scale to compete with the biggest consultancies in the UK market.The move is part of the...

Only a small minority of individuals have a full understanding of key pension concepts, with just one in 10 clear on the meaning of the term ’open market option’ and 23 per...

PruHealth is launching a new range of healthcare plans in March for SMEs, corporates and individuals. The product launch, which is its first since the acquisition of Standard Life Healthcare in August...

After years of worry, benefits professionals are breathing a huge sigh of relief now business secretary Ed Davey has confirmed that insured benefits are exempted from age discrimination legislation abolishing the default...

Moxham: “Extremely encouraging that most businesses recognise value of healthy benefits package for staff” The majority of employers remain convinced of the importance of offering a full benefits package, despite the difficult...

Steve Herbert, head of benefits strategy, JelfYes. We should be lobbying much harder. The problem is that the group pensions community is not doing much about this at all. All the pressure...

Insured benefits will be exempted from default retirement age legislation, removing the risk that employers would ditch benefits that exposed them to open-ended liabilities, the Government has confirmed.Group risk professionals are celebrating...