Tag Archives: David Hare
Phoenix Life’s exemplary IGC report.
Phoenix is no longer just an insurer of flaked out life insurance companies. It is a powerful financial service brand that includes Standard Life among the companies within its group. It spends money on good governance and I’m pleased to … Continue reading
ReAssure’s IGC toughs it out – but the cracks are plain to see.
The Reassure IGC report for 2022 tells a different story from the headline. Not only did Reassure provide value for money in 2022 but it provided it in 2021 as well. Digging down into the complaints about ReAssure’s “appalling service”, … Continue reading
A good IGC report from Standard Life – but spare us the “calls to action”!
As you might expect, Standard Life’s IGC report paints a very rosy picture of the value Standard Life savers are getting for their money (the pointer heads right not left). What you mightn’t expect are the calls to action to … Continue reading
Phoenix IGC – making sense of legacy pensions.
Phoenix has published its 2022 IGC statement for the period up to 31st December 2021, along with reports for Standard Life and ReAssure , it is one of three statements from the Chair of all three – David Hare. As … Continue reading
Standard Life’s IGC report – too long , too angry and wrong!
Standard Life has produced a bumper 162 age IGC report – a kind of shock and awe statement from David Hare – which is issues together with IGC reports for other Phoenix insurers – Phoenix and ReAssure. They get 100 … 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
Standard Life’s IGC’s filibuster
Who do IGC chairs write their chair statements for? It was a question I discussed yesterday with an IGC chair. Every IGC report states that it is written solely for members but any member who opens the link to the … Continue reading
Pension experts and enthusiastic amateurs
A pinch of actuarial salt. Mike Harrison is for my money a pension expert and has every right to rattle my cage. OK. I’ll keep reading your stuff, Henry, as I like your pro-member stance, but if you’re not a … Continue reading
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Phoenix – an IGC that continues to set standards with another good report
Phoenix IGC has published its 2019-20 Chair Statement. To me this is a most important statement as Phoenix is responsible for administering the savings of most of Britain’s “legacy savings”. Although most of these legacy books don’t have much in … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hare, effective, FCA, IGC, pensions, Phoenix Life, Standard Life
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Who will patrol the investment pathways?
Investment pathways are the big idea to help those getting to 55 and with pension freedom in sight. From August, people will be presented with four paths for their money. One takes them to a point when they can … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hare, FCA, GAA, governance, IGC, music, pensions, Phoenix, Pitmans, PSITL, Reassure
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