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Tag Archives: Insurers
ABI sets out how auto-enrolment can work better for insurers.
Insurers have long benefited from Government pension policy in building up their funds under management. Lobbying from the ABI has led to the establishment of personal pensions which have been used not just as a means of accumulating … Continue reading
The past, present and future of Pensions #autoenrolment
On Wednesday , at 5pm , I’ll be explaining these slides at Accountex 2017 – a talk generously sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals. It’s going to be a fun, provocative and I hope instructive talk and I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountex, Accountex17, auto enrolment, CIPP, Insurers, NEST, NOW, pension playpen, pensions, People's Pension, Sage, The Pensions Regulator
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Insurers – VFM and the Competition Commission.
The FT Adviser magazine has published a short piece leaking a story that has been doing the rounds for a few weeks. It would appear that the insurers who have been subject to the scrutiny of an independent governance … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged ABI, competition commission, competiton, IGC, Insurers, pension, pensions, Sottish Widows, Standard Life, VFM
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How can IGCs engage people with their pensions?
There are three measures by which I am judging the IGC Chair reports Do they speak with a proper tone of voice Do they show themselves effective in dealing with the provider they are governing Have they properly addressed whether … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, DWP, FCA, governance, IA, IGC, Insurers, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Ros Altmann, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Don’t say I didn’t tell you…
This blog predicted last year and this , that within the first three months of the “pension freedom grant”, there would be a Daily Mail front page telling us that we may be (pension) free – but everywhere we are … Continue reading
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Tagged annuities, CDC, Dail Mail, Freedom and Choice, Insurers, luddite, ludditism, master trusts, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Ros Altmann
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5 good reasons we need a secondary annuity market
I returned from a long walk this morning to a barrage of negativity on twitter. The outrage of the pensions twitterati was reserved for the Government’s pre-budget leak that people will be able to buy and sell annuities as if … Continue reading
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Tagged annuities, annuity, annuity income, annuity market, bulk annuities, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, Insurers, National Employment Savings Trust, Norris Cole, pension, Pension new, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Ramsay Clegg, Retirement, Steve Webb
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How competitive is our private pension system?
We are three months away from the launch of the new pension freedoms and not much is happening. There ain’t nothing shaking but the leaves on the trees! NEST has issued a lengthy consultation on what it should … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, art of pensions, bank accounts, Business, CDC, competition, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, FCA, Fidelity, Freedoms, Government, Guidance, Insurance, Insurers, L&G, Laura Perks- Art, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pendragon, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, simon freeman, Standard Life, Steve Webb, TPAS, Treasury, trees, Zurich
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“I will look unto the hills” – for help with my DC pot!
As the days click by and Outlook starts filling up for April 2015, I ask myself what help is on its way for those without the means for a drawdown SIPP or the inclination to purchase an annuity. … Continue reading
These you have loved (the pension brands that fell by the wayside)
Here is a list of the insurers participating in the ABI’s DC legacy review and the brands under which they provide (or originally provided) DC workplace pensions. Abbey Life Abbey Life Assurance Hill Samuel Life Assurance Target … Continue reading
