Jonathan Burton, chief executive at Health Shield, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have entered the 100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For list for the very first time — a glowing...
Called SmarterPensions, the schemes use AllianceBernstein’s target date funds strategy as a default, and also offer ethical fund options including Ethical Target Date Funds, which The Pensions Trust says are the first...
More than one in three employees will opt out of auto-enrolment, with 28 per cent undecided, according to research carried out by Aviva.But figures from Legal & General show that less than...
Stuart Scullion What do Guardian Health, First Assist, Clinicare, Standard Life Healthcare, and Groupama Healthcare all have in common? No, it’s not that at some stage they have been every healthcare intermediary’s...
Shopping for healthcare Medical insurance is facing something of a crisis. With medical costs and consumer expectation increasing, premiums are outstripping inflation and leaving employers facing tough decisions about providing cover.The extent...
But individuals who would have built up high S2P entitlements, those who may have been eligible for savings credit and those with less than 7 – 10 qualifying years will build up...
Seal of approval A government seal of approval for simple risk products would be welcome, but nobody is expecting silver bullets from the impending government response to the Sergeant Review. Just as...
An argument currently seems to be raging: should defined contribution (DC) fund design be simple or complex? Is there really a right or wrong answer? Let’s face it, all investment funds can...
Spreading the word The communication message has arguably been changed as much as anything else in workplace pensions by auto-enrolment.Getting employees to join schemes is no longer an issue – compulsion takes...
The publication of the DWP’s flat rate pension proposals has created big winners and big losers. Unfortunately for those involved in auto-enrolment, many the target market for this great experiment in DC...
