Pensions

As both RDR and auto-enrolment steadily approach, transformation across the employee benefits market will not be limited to regulatory shifts. As the market begins to adapt and adjust to these changes, the...

It is hard not to feel sorry for the team working to bring Nest to market. These days barely a week goes by without there being some other issue that will make...

With less than one year to go until the first wave of employers must meet auto-enrolment deadlines, more than 100 companies are already in the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) pipeline.Ministers have...

With insurance premium tax (IPT) at a comparatively low rate of 6 percent at the moment, it is widely considered to be low-hanging fruit for chancellor George Osborne when he looks for...

Companies with as few as 300 employees could benefit from opting for a self-insured healthcare solution and will become more engaged in the scheme if they do so. That was the view...

Unum is introducing a new foundation level of income protection cover, designed to support the nine out of ten UK employees who do not currently have a financial back-up plan in place...

Active member discounts have always managed to attract controversy. New guidance from the Pensions Regulator and public statements from the pensions minister criticising them make it look like the government wants to...

There has been a dramatic growth in implementation of funding level triggers, but schemes are divided on the best way to implement them, a survey from Aon Hewitt survey shows.The survey -...

Elements of cancer cover and care are confusing to corporate decision makers selecting medical plans, as well as claimants covered by those plans, according to research from Mercer.The report, Covering Cancer, in...

Employees are keen to save more for the long term but need clear communication and guidance to help them, according to research from Standard Life.The report, developed with academics from the University...