The number of people covered by private medical insurance fell by 3.8 per cent in 2010, according to the latest figures from Laing & Buisson.But employer-paid contributors to cash plans bucked the...
Craig: “Consumer Focus a little behind the pace on this one” Churning, trail commission and complex charging structures are hitting pension pots according to Consumer Focus, the government’s consumer watchdog.The body has...
Foster: “The workplace arena is set to grow as more employers look to strengthen their employee benefits package ahead of AE” Legal & General Workplace Savings has appointed Ian Foster in the...
The Pensions Regulator could set up a kitemarket for DC pension schemes to support employers fulfilling their automatic enrolment duties.The idea is one of several floated by TPR in an initial response...
Hamish Wilson, managing director, Hamish Wilson Possibly. As we all know, UK Plc regards DC as the future and the challenge is to make it more efficient and the benefits emerging more...
After years of planning for the abolition of commission when the Retail Distribution Review is implemented from January 1, 2013, corporate advisers are now wondering whether it is time to take their...
The independent review of the UK’s sickness absence system, jointly chaired by David Frost and Dame Carol Black, is asking what changes are required to help people stay in work and whether...
These days more and more employees rate private medical insurance (PMI) as one of their most valued employee benefits. A prompt return to work coupled with minimum disruption makes PMI a good...
Although there are notable exceptions, most adviser firms, particularly EBCs, focus their attention around delivering services to employers rather than individual members. Services that allow individual members of pension schemes to take...
The years I have spent working in the employee benefits market have witnessed huge changes. Of them all, three stand out for me: the slow, steady erosion of defined benefits provision, the...
