Aitken is most concerned with life insurers/assurers. Warren Buffett invested in non-life insurers for their distinctive economics, particularly the investment…
Agreed - though the contribution rates into private sector DB when we were accruing was often less than deficit payments…
my point is a simple one. Apart from DB pension provision in the U.K. is a disgrace Individual Median Pension…
It's a made up statistic and I'm sure AI would give you a different one but we need to accept…
Monthly Archives: June 2025
A day of three Public Services from the :LGPS
Steve Simkins referred to what he does at Isio as supporting public services, he means more than LGPS but care and social housing schemes for which he competes with PWC and First Actuarial. I hadn’t realised it but … Continue reading
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Not boozy but sporty – how LGPS played in the evening!
I don’t drink now and was concerned play would mean getting pissed. Not a bit of it, LGPS delegates were far too keen to be on top sports form to get drunk and the games evening that followed a hard … Continue reading
Derek’s second album – good listening for CDC
I don’t often think an hour with someone is worth a second but with Derek Benstead it was that rarest of things , a good second album.It’s good for any Derek. For once, this was not a discussion of the … Continue reading
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Nest Insight the pensions minister and Lloyds Bank consider the self-employed
While making my way through cancellations to the LGPS conference , I was listening and watching presentations from Lloyds Bank on how they can offer those not in workplace pensions today, a way to save by using their bank (LBG) … Continue reading
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Derek Benstead answers your question on CDC this morning
FREE Coffee Morning – CDC “Part Deux”!! With Derek Benstead – CPD included Type – Online When – June 17th, 2025 at 10:30 am You are cordially invited to join our next FREE online event CDC & Beyond Part DEUX!! … Continue reading
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Reform spooks the woke at LGPS Conference
I did not expect my opening tweet at LGPS’ summer event to be about Nick Watt and Nigel Farage. Not sweating at #LAconf25 Nick Watt. So far this Event is about @reformparty_uk . pic.twitter.com/kg7yxxNMNR — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) June 16, … Continue reading
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Nest can do better than buying us out of our right to a pension!
I have read the Pensions-Expert article. I have been a big fan of the gospel preached by Paul Todd that Nest could and would work towards providing pensions with a portion fixed and a part floating (along CDC lines). I … Continue reading
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White and black swans and Canadian geese (pension lessons from the Thames)
It is a beautiful June morning with hundreds of Canadian geese on the river; and a single black and white swan. My partner is sailing off the coast of Portugal and I am seeing allegories in the combinations of wildfowl … Continue reading
Is National Insurance working against Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
I am grateful for the Guardian bringing this question up on a day when I will be with the LGPS. The costs of welfare to employers in the LGPS are not just their LGPS bill but the cost of meeting … Continue reading
Three days of questioning LGPS from a member’s perspective!
I have been to PLSA events in the Cotswold Water Parks in years gone by but this year’s has switched to Wybsoton Lakes north of Luton. This choice of location seems to benefit those with access to a car, … Continue reading
"A couple might scrape together a combined private capital base of £240,000 provides only around £9,600 to £11,000 per year…