Pensions

In the current economic climate medical insurance providers are frequently pressed for creative and innovative ways to reduce client spending. And yet, in spite of the ever-increasing number of people turning towards...

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For the government to retain the industry’s positive support and to ensure that the new regime doesn’t undermine the good work already done by employers in offering workplace pensions, there needs to...

Most Britons would like to stop working at 63 if they could afford to do so, according to new research. But an alarming majority lack even a fundamental grasp of how to...

Construction industry workers will now get enhanced rates through a one page ’yes or no’ medical questionnaire, regardless of their fund size.Jamie Fiveash, director of customer solutions at B&CE says: “Our customers...

The study, which was compiled by Andrew Clare and Nick Motson at Cass Business School using Investment Management Association (IMA) data from 1992 to 2009, shows investors chase returns by investing more...

Auto-enrolment is expected to boost opportunities for consultants because of an increase in demand for providing advice, education and in reviewing client schemes, thereby increasing business volume. But those managing employer schemes...

In the case of Woodcock - v - North Cumbria Primary Care Trust, the EAT ruled that employers can objectively justify age discrimination in a redundancy situation.Woodcock was chief executive of North...

The global bank is vowing to become a leading player in the UK group pensions market over the next five years. HSBC says its key distribution channel will be EBCs and corporate...

Noon says the changes, introduced by chancellor George Osborne, are more pernicious and more visible than Brown’s because they will be felt by individuals rather than trustees and employees. Brown’s abolition of...