The provider has created a new ‘nationality declaration form’ for occupational plans that asks trustees and administrators ‘how and when you will provide member nationality information’. Pension consultants have attacked the request...
A policy paper prepared for the LibDem party conference proposes a new £1m lifetime allowance, while rejecting three other attacks on pension tax relief mooted in a consultation paper published last...
The Health Cover UK Market Report 2013 has revealed that the non-profit-making Friendly Society is the fourth-largest health cash plan provider, with 5.5 per cent of the market. It shows that Health...
The event will take place at the Forest of Arden golf course and the money raised will be donated to Breast Cancer Care — a charity chosen by Westfield. Each provider was...
Stephen Haynes, Navigator Health Workplace health is changing. Scratch that – it’s in a state of flux. Let’s recap some of the stats that we see every day: the workforce is getting...
You have to look far and wide to find critics of Labour’s Pensions Bill amendment calling for all DC members to be automatically referred to an independent annuity broker. Everyone in the...
I naturally agree with Stanley Baldwin’s statement that he would rather trust a woman’s instinct than a man’s reason. While this may not seem to have much to do with pensions,...
Less mainstream therapies are increasingly being sought Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been at the centre of stress management strategies for years. But a consensus is now emerging that a range of...
Optical benefits remain core While cash plans offer a variety of different benefits, the ability to claim at least once a year for a trip to the dentist and for a regular...
Daily pricing of investments is not a legal requirement To paraphrase Tony Blair, one of the golden rules of investing is diversify, diversify, diversify. Yet defined contribution (DC) pension schemes are failing...
