Pensions

With a core of group risk providers positioning themselves as technology operators, some are predicting a polarisation of the market between old- and new-world business.But while it is certainly true that some...

Supporting SMEs

Economic turmoil has taken its toll on many sectors of the corporate healthcare market, with headcounts reducing and employers scaling back benefits. But, while there has been carnage across the broader economy,...

Platform for change

In our session - 21st century workplace savings - we asked more than 40 corporate IFAs and employee benefit consultants what they expected from the roll-out of corporate benefit platforms, offering a...

Advice freeze

It has not always been easy to ensure employees get the financial advice and education they need around their employee benefits. Post the retail distribution review (RDR) it looks set to get...

Tax period drama

He may be a smug wimp, but it’s not hard to sympathise with Matthew Crawley, romantic hero of the latest posh- frocks and lace- bonnet hit drama Downturn, sorry, Downton Abbey.The poor...

A scheme to be proud of

This work has included developing prototypes for scheme administration processes and testing them with employers and advisers.We’ve also been developing our investment strategy and getting the infrastructure in place.We were very pleased...

This Nest is cuckoo

Ros Altman, Steve Bee and Alan Easter are perhaps unlikely bedfellows, but each in their own way have articulated serious and justified misgivings about Nest.With such diverse but respected opposition, I would...

False economy

In the current economic climate medical insurance providers are frequently pressed for creative and innovative ways to reduce client spending. And yet, in spite of the ever-increasing number of people turning towards...

Something for everybody

by John Greenwood