AE extension bill gets third reading
The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill will be read a third time in the House of Lords today, the final step before it receives Royal Assent and becomes law....
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One-third of workers considered stopping pension contributions: Royal London
One-third of all employees or 33 per cent have considered lowering or terminating their pension contributions in the last two years, this number rises to 49 per cent among employees between the ages of 18...
Craig Paterson: How can the protection industry help minimise the strain on the NHS?
There’s no getting away from the fact that the NHS is facing some tough challenges, with long patient waiting times and increased staff vacancies, so does the protection industry have a role...
Standard Life reports strong growth in workplace business
Standard Life saw strong growth in both its workplace and bulk purchase annuity business in the first six months of this year. Phoenix Group’s interim results show that new business long-term cash...
Towergate Health & Protection appoints head of consulting
Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Richard Jackson as head of consulting. Jackson will oversee the employee benefits consulting group in the South of England in order to carry out Towergate Health...
Dalriada Trustees appoints new COO
Dalriada Trustees has appointed Katy Vincent to be its chief operating officer. In this role she will work from Dalriada’s Manchester office and oversee the independent trustee company’s ambitious growth plans. Vincent...
One in six savers have never reviewed pension: research
One in six people who have saved for retirement say they have never reviewed their pensions, according to the People’s Partnership. According to the research, which was carried out on behalf of...
ABI ‘incomplete picture’ warning for Govt CDC predictions
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that government predictions for collective defined contribution (CDC) pensions provide an inaccurate picture of potential returns due to the diversity across members and the...
Auto-enrolment reforms could triple young low earners’ pensions: Widows
Scottish Widows is calling on the Government to deliver on its commitment to extend employer pension scheme auto-enrolment (AE) to younger people and low earners who could increase their pension funds by...
Widows launches AI age checker tool
Scottish Widows has launched Pension Mirror, allowing individuals to compare their savings with people of the same age, using data sourced from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Scottish Widows began participating...
