The average annual annuity income available fell by 6.3 per cent in the month following the EU referendum, leaving the UK with the ‘least competitive market ever’, according to Moneyfacts. Conventional annuity...
By Ross Jackson, senior marketing manager There are many different protection online services available in the market and no doubt you’ll have used a few when submitting protection business. But why should you...
Peter O'Donnell, Unum Unum UK is partnering with Pure Benefits, the online platform that is an appointed representative of Portus Consulting, to offer ‘big-business’ employee benefits to small and growing employers. Pure...
JLT’s UK Employee Benefits arm saw a 12 per cent fall in revenue in the first half of 2016, but says its restructure is on track to deliver £7m of savings by...
Hymans Robertson is appointing Ian Smith as head of distribution as part of its drive into its workplace savings technology. Smith joins from eValue IS where he was head of institutional sales....
Employees are unlikely to have a strong claim against their employer for the selection of an auto-enrolment scheme that performs badly or fails provided they have acted in good faith, the Government...
Sir Philip Green is the one person ultimately responsible for the BHS collapse that has left 11,000 people’s jobs and 20,000 pensioners’ benefits at threat, the Work and Pensions Committee of MPs...
Club Vita is targeting smaller and medium-sized DB schemes with a new automated longevity insurance pricing service, launched in partnership with Legal & General. Called VitaHedge, the service automatically delivers tailored indicative...
By Fiona Tait, Pensions Specialist Since the announcement in March, the Lifetime ISA (LISA) has attracted controversy. Heralded as a saviour for the self-employed and the young wanting to get on the housing...
By Fiona Tait, Pensions Specialist Ros Altmann reportedly hoped for more product innovation following pension freedom¹ and, according to one poll, 66 per cent of advisers also believe that providers should be doing more². This...
