Mercer says the fund uses its best thinking for defined benefit schemes giving defined contribution members the chance to access asset classes and investment strategies not usually open to them. Mercer says...
John Greenwood, editor As the employee benefits sector continues its quiet revolution the battle for control of assets and their distribution is intensifying. Many new advisory and distribution models are developing, and...
Priestly: “This approach will foster stronger relationships with our intermediary partners” PruHealth has moved all its SME business to a 10:10 commission basis in what it describes as a bid to stop...
The constant development of technology and the various ways in which we - as insurers - are able to utilise it, can sometimes leave the feeling that you are racing to keep...
Lorica Employee Benefits is the new brand name of the firm formerly known as Lorica Consulting. The move follows the company’s evolution to become a full-service employee benefits business, adding new flexible...
A generation of Britons faces a cash-strapped retirement as people ignore or refuse to respond to the changing nature of pension provision in the UK, a new report from HSBC has revealed.Members...
Gerry O’Neill, Standard Life’s former managing director of corporate solutions, and James Verner have been suspended from their roles at the company.Standard says it is unable to disclose the reason for their...
How would a quotation portal for group risk affect your business?Stephen Hackett, head of employee benefits, BluefinWhen Grid first launched this project I thought it was an odd position for an advisory...
Automatic enrolment is the biggest issue facing employers, but nine out of ten of them think it is a good thing for their employees.The figures come from research carried out at an...
Pension providers, benefit consultants, IFAs and specialist benefits technology are coming together to review scheme establishment and contribution collection processes in the run up to auto enrolment. The collaborative body, called Workplace...
