Defined contribution schemes are facing new realities and clear trends are emerging across different geographies. These include the acceleration of the known shift from DB to DC, employers re-evaluating their DC arrangements...
All about andy briggsCareer January 2007 Joined Lloyds Banking Group as Managing Director, Marketing and Distribution in Scottish Widows. December 2008 CEO of Scottish Widows February 2010 CEO of Lloyds Banking Group’s...
The RDR will certainly lead to a restructuring of business models for many firms. Most corporate adviser executives say in public that they are well-placed to ride the changes, though they may...
Stock markets across the globe have been in turmoil. The US may have stepped back from the brink of default in early August but congressional approval of a last-gasp deficit-cutting plan failed...
Nick Homer, proposition development manager at Zurich Corporate Risk, says: “We are definitely seeing a trend towards more browser and intranet based electronic access to benefits, both inside and outside flex. This...
Remuneration is a sensitive issue in any industry but, with signs of strain appearing in the SME medical insurance market, insurers and advisers are looking to safeguard their futures by speaking out...
The workplace pension market will have different drivers for each of the next four years as the RDR and auto enrolment shape a new world. Advisers that can adapt to this fast-changing...
As with the carousel, so with life, not least when it comes to investments. We are all alone, trapped in endless cycles, powerless to stop the music, with advisers waving from the...
Summer is supposed to be silly season for the media. With everyone away and nothing going on, our pages are supposed to be filled with stories about cats stuck up trees, protracted...
Only 15 per cent of young employees aged 16 to 24 are participating in a workplace pension scheme, compared to 58 per cent in the 45 to 54 age group. But only...
