Tag Archives: Insurance

M&G and Quinlivan today at 10.30 ; insurance without the buy-out.

Posted on November 14, 2023 by henry tapper

This will be an intriguing coffee morning and one you should attend if you are interested in the options open to DB pension schemes This gig , gives you three insurance experts for the price of one hour of your … Continue reading →

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How to use an insurer without buying out your scheme

Posted on November 13, 2023 by henry tapper

This will be an intriguing coffee morning and one you should attend if you are interested in the options open to DB pension schemes This gig , gives you three insurance experts for the price of one hour of your … Continue reading →

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Ruffer – a British asset manager in demand worldwide

Posted on May 22, 2023 by henry tapper

This blog is quite different from what you are used to reading on here. It promotes a single asset manager with a single fund and I’ve written it, partly because Ruffer’s expansion into the US is in the news this morning, … Continue reading →

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A day when the flat-earthers got a shock – a DC summit that lived up to its name.

Posted on May 16, 2023 by henry tapper

As expected, the DG publishing’s DC Strategic Summit held in Liverpool Street , offered us a day well spent. Many thanks to the organizers, the sponsors and the speakers. As I have said in my feedback , it is hard … Continue reading →

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LCP – doh ray me!

Posted on April 24, 2023 by henry tapper

We were having a sing song yesterday afternoon and it got “pensionlitical”. Doh! – it’s dear – DB is dear Ray – I read it in the Sun Me – DC! I’m by myself Fah – how long will drawdown … Continue reading →

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What is private sector pension indemnity insurance (and who’s asking)?

Posted on December 16, 2020 by henry tapper

Occasionally I find myself as an intermediary for clever people who’d prefer to discuss matters in a public way while remaining anonymous. These people often send me direct messages on twitter  whats app and  Facebook Messenger and the discussion continues … Continue reading →

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The price of being sick in the head

Posted on December 16, 2018 by henry tapper

  “Sick in the head”? The phrase doesn’t quite work for Tina – a 38 year old Mum who suffered from post-natal depression and then found her life and critical illness insurances 30% more expensive than if she hadn’t declared … Continue reading →

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“Would you pay a social care premium?”

Posted on November 12, 2018 by henry tapper

This was the question Radio Five Live’s Wake up to Money asked its audience this Monday morning. 2.5% off wages for the prospect of insurance against things going really wrong with your health in later life? The idea is being trailed … Continue reading →

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Back in the bubble – how the pension industry feeds itself (but no-one else)

Posted on August 18, 2018 by henry tapper

Looking back over the headlines in the trade press, I read a depressing litany of stories about the industry feeding itself. Aegon says it has deep pockets (to compensate financial advisers). It’s chief executive calls its life company (the once … Continue reading →

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Isn’t it time we thought of pensions as insurance (again)?

Posted on July 29, 2018 by henry tapper

  Yesterday, I wrote of the positive future that I saw for collective schemes, if they could rid themselves of the pernicious effects of financial economics. I based my arguments on my perceptions of the impact of mark to market … Continue reading →

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