Pensions

By Henry Cobbe The new pensions freedoms that came into force this April allow much more flexibility on how to invest for and in retirement. This flexibility is welcome and overdue. It...

Wellbeing is the buzzword in the corporate healthcare market, with everyone from medical insurers to group risk providers adding in benefits to support it. But while it’s possible to spend a fortune...

Purpose-built for small and micro employers for auto-enrolment, and able to offer small, standalone, trust-based schemes a cheaper governance option, there are plenty of reasons why the outlook seems positive for big...

It is no overstatement to say that, in the eyes of the public, Dr Ros Altmann is the most popular person within the world of pensions – and by a very wide...

Ask yourself: If a co-owner died or suffered a critical illness, is the control of your business under threat? If the worst happened, what would your family receive? If it was you...

Multi-employer organisation Denplan says it has selected Aon’s auto-enrolment solution for its members, none of which have yet reached their auto-enrolment staging date, for its ease of use. Aon Employee Benefits head...

Speaking on Nicky Campbell’s Radio 5 breakfast show this morning, Altmann responded to criticisms outlined in the Daily Mail that the reforms were becoming a shambles by blaming providers for failing to...

Baroness Drake, who is on the board of the Pensions Advisory Service, and who was a member of Lord Turner’s pension commission, told a debate in the House of Lords yesterday that...

Speaking at a Secondsight conference this morning, Webb said he would be surprised if Treasury officials were not considering cutting salary sacrifice, which would effectively mean levying National Insurance on pension contributions....

The insurer rightly points to the self-employed and those on zero-hours contracts as the grouping most exposed to this issue. Yet that overlooks that many employers – often established businesses with sizable workforces – offer nominal or no...