Half of employees in the private sector received employer contributions of less than 8percent of employees’ pensionable earnings, compared with 3 percentin the public sector. Nearly half – 49percent - of employees...
The non-profit-making Friendly Society has undertaken a thorough review of its strategy and business plan, setting out key targets and goals that will help to attract new members, retain existing clients and...
Winners of Corporate Adviser awards are decided by specially commissioned market research carried out among healthcare and protection intermediaries. Jonathan Burton, chief executive officer at Health Shield, said the company was delighted...
The Call Handling Survey, which was conducted over a 12-month period, showed consistently high levels of customer relations when dealing with enquiries over the telephone. Ninety seven per cent said their queries...
The company began a comprehensive review of its risk and capital management procedures in 2008. It now intends to introduce those changes 12 months ahead of the EU’s planned implementation date. According...
Dan Morris Morris, who is an associate actuary, previously worked at Price Waterhouse Coopers and HSBC Actuaries and Consultants.John Rushen, UK head of investment consulting at Aon Hewitt says: “We are very...
John Letizia, Unum Carol Sergeant’s eagerly-awaited simple products review is expected to publish its final report in February, and inevitably the past months have seen intense speculation over the specific findings of...
Teresa Hunter The arrival of the flat state pension was slightly overshadowed by the news that Tesco had been serving up horsemeat in its burgers. The two items headed up news bulletins...
Fraser Smart is a man on a mission to ensure Buck Consultants offers a differentiated proposition to the big EBCs. The marathon runner and racing car fanatic is steering his firm clear...
The body says some of the practices relating to ‘softing’ – where research and corporate access are paid for out of broker commissions, not out of the asset manager’s own profit and...
