Friends says the deal will generate potential annual cost savings initially of around £6 million a year, which are expected to increase over the term of the contract. The insurer outlined in...
The 2009 Global Health Elite plans also introduce a new well-child benefit for Platinum plan holders which provides cover for routine vaccinations and developmental check-ups.William Russell is continuing to offer its lower...
Hewitt's global pension risk survey found nearly 40 per cent of plans had no policy for dealing with their interest rate and inflation exposures, despite the fact that they rated interest rates...
Over 90 per cent of consultations result in the patient having a clear course of action. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Management says employees are on average absent from work through...
The NAPF has accused the government of failing to import the bold stance it has taken in other areas of the economy to support employers offering final salary pensions by relaxing rules...
Nigel Manley, head of self invested pensions, Premier Pension Services, says "Although the SSAS takeover market has always been relatively active amongst providers, this has historically been driven by service issues and/or...
Dr Ros Altmann, independent pensions consultantLifestyling solutions suffer from the disadvantages of any ’one-size-fits-all’ approach. It may work for some people, but it will not be right for all.The problem stems from...
For those uninitiated in the minutiae of this particular tax break, salary sacrifice is a clever way for employers and employees to reduce the NI or income tax due on cash salary...
corporate adviser january 2009Providers continually ask the same question of advisors - how can we grow the marketplace? On face value this is a reasonable question, given that only 10 per cent...
Little more than 20 years later the mobile phone is truly universal. Most business people carry not only their main phone but frequently a blackberry or similar data device. Equally most children...
