Pensions

Bupa Cromwell Hospital is introducing hourly rounding, a new nursing concept which guarantees that patients will receive a proactive visit from a nurse at regular hourly intervals, in addition to their usual...

The value of variable annuity sales rose to £445 million in the first half of 2010, an increase of 34 per cent compared to the 2nd half of 2009, according to research...

Pension pots shrank further in the July, with a 30 year old’s annual projected pension falling £518 over the month, according to Aon.The news was little better for 60 year olds, whose...

Just 5 per cent of non retired British adults aged 55 and over feel ’fully prepared’ for retirement, according to the latest Retirement Nation Report from MGM Advantage.This is a dramatic drop...

Lift-Financial has built what it describes as the only adviser-backed website for helping members of trust-based schemes to set up spousal bypass trusts.Designed in conjunction with Technical Connection, the service is designed...

Andy Cheseldine, the high profile consultant in Hewitt Associates’ DC team is understood to be leaving the firm to join Lane Clarke & Peacock.Cheseldine will be holding a similar role at LCP,...

Only those earning £10,000 a year or more should be automatically enrolled into Nest or qualifying pension schemes, according to the ABI.In its response to the DWP’s consultation Making Auto-Enrolment Work the...

Zurich Financial Services has appointed Bill Robertson to the position of Chief Life Actuary. He succeeds Nigel Masters, who left Zurich at the end of 2009, to concentrate on his UK-based duties...

Higher rate tax relief on pension contributions is likely to be abolished altogether within 24 months, says Michael Johnson, the research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies whose radical reform proposals...

Almost four in five companies believe they have a responsibility to positively contribute to society, according to research conducted by healthcare provider Simplyhealth for its bi-annual Bothered Britain report. The findings come...