IFAs are unsure as to whether corporate wrap will be a useful tool in their businesses, according to research carried by Defaqto.Six out of 10 IFAs currently have no idea whether corporate...
Andy Briggs took up the role of chief executive officer of Friends Life on 1 June 2011. Trevor Matthews, the current chiefexecutive officer, assumed the role of vice chairman with effect from...
Pensions minister Steve Webb’s recent attempt to put the mockers on cash equivalent transfer exercises highlights the uneasy relationship government has with schemes, employers and members.Webb’s intervention was designed to underline the...
Most large employers plan to use their existing arrangements when their auto-enrolment duties take effect, with only two companies intend to use Nest as their main pension scheme for new joiners, according...
Four key reforms matter above all the other policy initiatives currently being floated in the pensions arena, says Michael Johnson, research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies.Simplification of state pension and...
Andrew Coombs So far, 2011 is proving to be another challenging year for intermediaries and employee benefits consultants advising on private medical insurance in the UK, with both larger and smaller sized...
“It’s got much worse in the last year or so,” says Glen Smith, managing director of Healthcare Partners. “There isn’t much new business around so we’re seeing some insurers and advisers having...
Ian McKenna While progress means things invariably move faster, it is questionable if new processes are truly optimal. In the analogue world, when everything was carried out on paper, differences between the...
One reason that views are so polarised is that anyone taking a view on the issue can focus on very different sizes of client. Large companies who have to introduce auto-enrolment in...
Alistair McQueen In May, many of us began enthusiastically studying our bank accounts to see if we’d secured tickets for the 2012 London Olympics.In May, the Pensions Regulator also began writing to...
