Asked how they will respond to automatic enrolment, just 43 per cent of those employees without a pension currently said they will remain within the scheme once enrolled, with 21 per cent...
The Pensions Policy Institute’s message to 45 per cent of workers over 50 could not be more bleak. Work and save for 11 years or more beyond State Retirement Age if you...
How does it go? “Holding back the tears, ’cause nothing here has grown.” It certainly applies to the world of pensions, where the position of those working in the private sector just...
Welfare reform is pointing to a larger role for employers in safeguarding employee health and wellbeing. But, while the group risk and medical insurers are preparing for increased interest in their products,...
The defined contribution takeover is gathering pace. Another month goes by, another defined benefit scheme bites the dust. And as the auto-enrolment programme soon becomes a reality for tens of thousands of...
The two big ticket options on the table are a ’pot should follow member’ system and the super aggregator or aggregators proposal. Improvements to the existing transfer system are a less spectacular...
In the version of the Titanic film commissioned by Joseph Goebbels, the ship’s crew includes a prescient first officer of German nationality, who warns several times of the dangers of icebergs, the...
Over the last few years Staffcare has carved out an unparalleled position in the supply of flexible benefits and total reward software to advisers, benefits consultants and employers. The company is now...
In Information to demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) of group risk products is in woefully short supply, in marked contrast to what is available across the Atlantic, and needs to be...
There is no doubt that pension auto-enrolment is a great opportunity for advisers specialising in the corporate market. Over the last few months we have seen a number of situations where we...
