Pensions

Chancellor George Osborne is intent on simplifying the tax system, even setting his sights on the biggest challenge of them all - the merger of the income tax and national insurance systems....

Ian McKenna Now the FSA is beginning to put some flesh on the bones of consultancy charging it is clear that, as is so often the case with anything related to RDR,...

Ron Wheatcroft Group Watch 2011, Swiss Re’s annual report on the group risk market, paints a picture of a market holding up well, despite the difficult business climate.In-force premiums at the end...

Chris Curry Chris Curry, research director, Pensions Policy InstituteNo. Annuitising is likely to remain the safest and most appropriate option for converting defined contribution pension savings into a retirement income for the...

The pressure to make a profit is creating divisions in the PMI sector that are pitting broker against broker, and in some cases even insurer against broker.Currently no PMI insurer is getting...

When the Daily Mail broke news of the Department for Work and Pensions’ plan to introduce a flat rate pension of around £140 a week last October, it clearly caught the government...

Group pensions are to avoid the FSA ban on legacy commission that will hit the individual market, Corporate Adviser understands.That means commission can still be paid after the implementation of the Retail...

Three-quarters of employers intend to use their existing scheme to comply with employer duties, but 69 per cent have not yet begun to prepare for the pension changes, according to new research.But...

The decline in group risk premiums slowed significantly last year, and death benefit and critical illness sums assured increased by over 7 per cent, according Swiss Re’s latest Group Watch report.In-force sums...

Towers Watson has appointed Helen Dowsey as a senior investment consultant in its expanding Defined Contribution (DC) business.Helen re-joins Towers Watson from Aon Hewitt where she was a principal for the past...