Monthly Archives: August 2021
AgeWage launches a free service to benchmark DC workplace pensions
This is an offer to the trustees and participating employers of the UK’s workplace pensions , inviting you to be part of the AgeWage benchmarking service. The service allows your scheme to compare itself to others, so that you can … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Benchmark, henry tapper, pension, workplace Pensions
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The pension dashboard’s never-ending lockdowns! (a Pension PlayPen coffee morning)
I’m enjoying these Pension PlayPen coffee mornings organised by Steve Goddare. Last week’s chat featured Steve Webb and Margaret Snowden and this week’s had me and Ros Altmann. They’ve got a “let’s make it up as we go along” feel … Continue reading
CDC and Individual DC Outcomes – Iain Clacher and Con Keating
As a prelude to considering notional contribution allocation within a CDC scheme, it is worth asking the question as to how a 64-year-old and 24-year-old might have fared had they been in individual DC rather than in collective DC … Continue reading
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Tagged Accrual, Car, CDC, Con Keating, Iain Clacher, IDC
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Good news on managing Covid – report the actuaries
http://www.covid-arg.com Weekly Report: Issue 49 By: John Roberts, Matt Fletcher, Dan Ryan & Adele Groyer COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID‑19 … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, adele, Covid-arg, Dan, John, matt, modelling, Vaccination
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The 2021 IGC reports – links, reviews and ratings
I’ve completed my review of the 2020 IGCs and GAAs – 15 reviews of the reports I know of. It you run an IGC or GAA that I’ve missed, please send me your report. I doubt many IGCs have met … Continue reading
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Tagged Aegon, Aviva, IGC, L&G, Scottish Widows, SJP, Standard Life, Vanguard, Vantage
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Coffee morning today with Ros and Henry
🔵🟣 REMINDER – COFFEE MORNING TODAY 🟣🔵 You are invited to our coffee morning TODAY! Already so many familiar faces have confirmed their attendance. Everyone is invited! No need to reserve your place, or sign up to the website, just … Continue reading
At last -an upbeat report from the Virgin Money IGC
The Virgin Money 2021 IGC report After five years of deadlock between Virgin Money and its IGC, I am pleased to read an IGC report from Sir David Chapman which reports achieved success in diversifying the default and reducing charges … Continue reading
Reassured by its IGC?
The Reassure IGC report Life at ReAssure is complicated, so complicated that we have to learn there are two different ReAssures; ReAssure Ltd. manages legacy books (now branded “heritage books”), while ReAssure Life Ltd – which you probably know as … Continue reading
Phoenix Life’s IGC runs out of steam
Phoenix’s 2021 IGC report The Phoenix Group has not one, not two but three IGCs in operation. I have already reported on the IGC report for Standard Life and will also report on ReAssure’s IGC report. It’s easy to … Continue reading
Zurich’s IGC bows out
With only 60,000 policies to look after, Zurich has decided to disband its IGC and replace it with a less ambitious governance arrangement. Commercially this is sensible – an IGC doesn’t come cheap and a GAA comes a lot cheaper. … Continue reading