An effective communication programme can significantly increase the value of an employer's healthcare benefits, and save time and aggravation further down the line.Yet employers who spend months approving benefit recommendations will often...
For those happy to remain invested, where "should they put their money? Here my advice is to focus on large, good quality companies. Avoid at all costs smaller and medium-sized companies with...
Corporate advisers may appear to have a conveyor belt of long-term clients lined up in the occupational pension schemes that they service, but converting these individuals into clients beyond retirement remains a...
For somebody running a company that can name two thirds of the FTSE100 as its clients, Mercer's chief executive Alan Whalley is a refreshingly down to earth character.Born in a small mining...
This is a worldwide problem but some nations have been more successful than others at addressing the issue. In America there have been some startling results from the adoption of a scientific...
The full extent of the disincentive to save for low earners has been laid bare by a shocking set of figures released by the Government last month. In a nutshell, millions of...
The firm says that the rate of inflation is so severe that company medical plans may have to undergo similar changes experienced by company pension schemes.Data analysed by the company shows that...
As we all head off for the chaos of packed airports, motorways and ferries the corporate intermediary can reflect on a half year of significant progress in the face of difficult economic...
There are some very good reasons for this. The main one is that the employer can make National Insurance Contribution (NIC) savings on the amounts that employees sacrifice.There is possibly now an...
For each policy/account set-up, providers aim to recoup costs of acquiring the business, such as commission, sales and marketing costs, policy set-up, investment fees, and ongoing servicing costs. Finally, an allowance is...
