Pensions

You don’t have to look far to find reasons why the corporate cash plan sector looks set for continued growth. Starting from a low base of course, the only way is up...

The income protection industry needs to do more to get its message across to employees and employers if the market is to grow further. That was the view expressed by delegates at...

Spurred on by the threat of compulsion, the ABI has produced a new code, which goes some way to tackling the problem. However, like St Augustine, it smacks of “Lord make me...

The extent of links varies but arguably the most integrated to date is that between Scottish Widows and the People’s Pension.Nest says it is open to working with everyone but has gone...

Concerns over implemented consulting, predictions of a scaled down Nest, an annuity market on the verge of market failure and a new project proving the return on investment on pension spending are...

While men are more likely to have a pension than women, a recent Aviva survey showed that more women than men have short-term savings. This emphasises that the challenge for our industry...

The psychological contract between employers and employees and the way this translates into benefit provision is evolving. HR personnel and finance directors must balance managing or cutting costs in a tough environment...

Although we may not like to admit it, it is hard to argue with the suggestion that collectively the pensions industry, regulators and politicians have failed the British public over the last...

Reading former Labour health adviser Paul Corrigan’s paper ’Saving for the NHS’ has made me start to re-think how financial service companies, particularly mutuals, could have a greater role in future.I met...

With the number of players in the group PMI market shrinking, finding an insurance product that matches client requirements should have become easier. But advisers say that the opposite has happened, with...