Pensions

Teresa Hunter Freelance Journalist It is foolhardy to try to guess when we will climb out of the current economic turmoil. In most previous recessions, we would be well through of the...

The news that the Frost/ Black review is pushing for changes to the tax treatment of services that improve employee health is welcomed by group risk professionals but when it comes to...

The London Olympics is not the only huge event that’s taking place in 2012. The launch of auto enrolment into private sector pensions from 1 October next year will prove to be...

With less that a year to go until the start of auto enrolment, the race is on for employers and their advisers to plan their strategies for communicating the new pension regime...

For corporate pensions intermediaries that means a root and branch overhaul of their approach to pension communication strategies.Delegates at the Corporate Adviser Auto-enrolment: An Entirely New Pensions Communication Challenge event, hosted in...

Since their introduction in the early 1980s self funded health plans have made a growing impression on the funding landscape of healthcare benefits. Figures from industry analysts Laing & Buisson show that...

With budgets for group risk and business protection being so tight, any kind of low-cost health related benefit that offers a high perceived value deserves due consideration. Group personal accident cover certainly...

The report shows that the number of people with company paid cash plans increased by 11.2 per cent in 2010, to 450,000, growth that comes as no surprise to the cash plan...

The defined contribution industry has been moving to offer more flexible solutions to smooth the path to retirement for some time now. Bog-standard insurance funds are being consigned to the dustbin and...

Employers know this too - they are fully aware that for many young people pension is amongst the least attractive benefits they offer, despite its high cost. When it comes to engaging...