Pensions

If car crashes were an Olympic sport, the pensions industry would clean up in gold medals. It takes skill to consistently originate good ideas only to turn them into national scandals.Without wishing...

Dr Steve Iley, Axa PPP healthcare The government will have missed an opportunity if it does not introduce tax breaks for back-to-work health services, as the policy could have a valuable role...

Millions of people in the UK’s ageing workforce will develop more than one long-term health condition at the same time, yet it is a trend which employers are largely unprepared for.That was...

We can expect a sigh of relief all round now auto enrolment is in place. After years of speculation, consultation, planning and implementation the first employees have been automatically entered into company...

Recent months have seen a notable shift in provider and intermediary opinion on the potential impact of pension auto-enrolment on group risk. Whereas the glass half-full and half-empty groups had previously seemed...

As employers and trustees gear up for radical reform of the UK pension, finding the right investment default offering for employees will be more crucial than ever. Indeed, under auto-enrolment rules, employers...

Not since A-Day have there been so many furrowed brows in the workplace pensions industry. The birth of auto-enrolment, Nest and its low-cost rivals, the new breed of corporate platforms and a...

The group risk market will experience an extensive administration burden caused by auto-enrolment if the insurance market does not sufficiently modify its standard processes and positions. Risk benefit provision by employers and...

Striking a balance between comprehensive cover and price isn’t easy with international medical insurance. While the NHS can step in to fill any gaps in cover on a domestic plan, few employers...

With the cost of healthcare increasing on a yearly basis it can be argued that the traditional approach of review and renew is not serving the interests of clients as well as...