Pensions

The Liberal Democrat pension minister Steve Webb is adamant this will not happen. Speaking at an NAPF trustee conference in early December, he said: “The change of moving employers with fewer than...

Auto-enrolment places employers firmly in the forefront of financial provision. The recent decision to defer implementation until after May 2015 for companies with fewer than 50 employees will no doubt be welcomed...

Employers are currently disincentivised to deal with sickness absence for basic rate taxpayers, and so the Treasury should offer tax relief on medical treatments and vocational rehabilitation aimed at this group of...

Is Adrian Beecroft’s call for the delay of auto-enrolment going to earn him a place in the pantheon of pensions villains alongside the likes of Robert Maxwell and Gordon Brown?Only time will...

THE ANSWERS:The taxpayer. The government is not spending any more than it was planning to since it came out with its better offer on November 2. It is not spending any more...

Nobody in the pensions industry disagrees with the DWPs’ goal of rationalising the problem of small pension pots. It is an issue for the industry already, and with auto-enrolment and high job...

Cancer is one of the most emotive diseases, with most people affected either first or second hand by the disease. But, with treatment costs rising, the medical insurance industry is facing a...

Simplyhealth says the acquisition will help it to gain market presence in a complementary area of healthcare, supporting its broader diversification strategy which has also recently involved the acquisition of Groupama Healthcare.The...

The proposal has been put forward in response to the Department for Work and Pensions’ consultation on small pots, which has been prompted by the introduction of automatic enrolment, which the DWP...

The Pensions Act 2011 requires the government to review the amounts set for the earnings trigger and the qualifying earnings band each year, changing the figures as appropriate. It is considering two...