Pensions

The defined contribution takeover is gathering pace. Another month goes by, another defined benefit scheme bites the dust. And as the auto-enrolment programme soon becomes a reality for tens of thousands of...

The two big ticket options on the table are a ’pot should follow member’ system and the super aggregator or aggregators proposal. Improvements to the existing transfer system are a less spectacular...

In the version of the Titanic film commissioned by Joseph Goebbels, the ship’s crew includes a prescient first officer of German nationality, who warns several times of the dangers of icebergs, the...

Over the last few years Staffcare has carved out an unparalleled position in the supply of flexible benefits and total reward software to advisers, benefits consultants and employers. The company is now...

In Information to demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) of group risk products is in woefully short supply, in marked contrast to what is available across the Atlantic, and needs to be...

There is no doubt that pension auto-enrolment is a great opportunity for advisers specialising in the corporate market. Over the last few months we have seen a number of situations where we...

China matters - a lot. The country has rapidly become the second-largest economy in the world. It will likely contribute two-fifths to global growth this year, twice as much as the USA....

Incoming chairman of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (Amii) Wayne Pontin does not mince his words when talking about the performance of the organisation he has been elected to lead.“Amii has...

Katherine Moxham Employers have a worrying lack of understanding of the effect of the removal of the ’Earnings Cap’ along with other pre-A-day rules over a year ago, leaving themselves exposed to...

The word “choice” is muttered frequently at the Best Health offices; something you would expect from any independent adviser.Specialist PMI intermediaries would cease to prevail without enough market and product choice and...