Pensions

Jack F. McGarry, senior vice president of benefits and risk management for the company’s Unum US unit, has been appointed CEO of Unum UK following the announcement by Susan Ring that she...

Payne: “Govt. departments cannot work together” THE 20 per cent increase in insurance premium tax should be withdrawn because it will actually cost the Treasury more than it will bring in, says...

The relationship between pension consultants and pension managers is a delicate one. With the day-to-day running of schemes taking up much of pension managers’ time, the need for the expert advice and...

Like the mythical character Sisyphus, many workers face an apparently endless working life Understanding when staff are going to retire has never been a precise science. With key changes set to impact...

“The malaise over the euro has spread, infecting peripheral markets but spreading further with the passage of time - only the ultra-core markets such as Germany appear unscathed. However, even Germany is...

Although there are still lingering doubts as to whether group risk will remain free from the clutches of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), the recent emergence of two market-driven sets of exams...

Pressures on budgets is creating something of a price war in the corporate healthcare arena. But while some are prepared to take business at any price, there are warnings that this behaviour...

Recent proposed changes to the BBC’s defined benefit pension scheme have again sparked discussions about the pension divide between the public and the private sector. According to a report by the DWP,...

They say politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. Anyone who has followed the political debate regarding pensions...

Johnson, the author of two ground-breaking reports published by the centre-right CPS think tank, believes it is more likely than not that tax relief at rates above 20 per cent will be...