Pensions

The defined contribution industry has been moving to offer more flexible solutions to smooth the path to retirement for some time now. Bog-standard insurance funds are being consigned to the dustbin and...

Employers know this too - they are fully aware that for many young people pension is amongst the least attractive benefits they offer, despite its high cost. When it comes to engaging...

The default funds that house the retirement hopes of millions are not fit for purpose and it is the duty of providers, employee benefit consultants and corporate IFAs to sort them out....

Take the bonnet of an Aston Martin - a sleek and simple silhouette topped off by the iconic badge, but underneath that bonnet there’s a hugely sophisticated piece of engineering excellence.On the...

As both RDR and auto-enrolment steadily approach, transformation across the employee benefits market will not be limited to regulatory shifts. As the market begins to adapt and adjust to these changes, the...

It is hard not to feel sorry for the team working to bring Nest to market. These days barely a week goes by without there being some other issue that will make...

With less than one year to go until the first wave of employers must meet auto-enrolment deadlines, more than 100 companies are already in the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) pipeline.Ministers have...

With insurance premium tax (IPT) at a comparatively low rate of 6 percent at the moment, it is widely considered to be low-hanging fruit for chancellor George Osborne when he looks for...

Companies with as few as 300 employees could benefit from opting for a self-insured healthcare solution and will become more engaged in the scheme if they do so. That was the view...

Unum is introducing a new foundation level of income protection cover, designed to support the nine out of ten UK employees who do not currently have a financial back-up plan in place...