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Tag Archives: Zurich
Small is beautiful – give pensioners a say!
In this blog I ask whether big pension funds can act small and connect with their pensioners in a meaningful way. I conclude that it will be easier for the consolidators to do this, than the small pension fund. Zpen … 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
Pension Plowman’s guide to 2020 IGC reports
This is a big year for IGCs. It is their fifth birthday, it’s the year when the FCA reviews their effectiveness and it’s the year of the pandemic, where providers and savers will be under maximum strain. Most of the … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, IGC, pensions
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, BlackRock, FCA, Fidelity, Hargreaves Lansdown, IGC, IGC report, L&G, Pensions, Phoenix, Prudential, Reassure, Royal London, Scottish Widows, SJP, Standard Life, Virgin Monday, workplace Pensions, Zurich
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Precisely right – Scottish Widow’s IGC
Mark Stewart has issues his first Statement , having taken over as Chair of the Scottish Widows IGC. You can read it here. It is brief , accurate and it has a distinct tone which I like. The contents page … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, IGC, pensions
Tagged IGC, pension, Pensions, Scottish Widows, Zurich
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Zurich’s IGC’s Chair makes a statement -just!
I wasn’t quite sure , reading Anna Bradley’s chair statement that I wasn’t on my blog. The photos of the IGCs look like they were taken on an iphone, neither of which detracts much from what is a good – … Continue reading
Zurich’s IGC – keeping Zurich honest.
Zurich ‘s IGC Chair’s statement is out ; it’s punchy. It’s chair, Anna Bradley has a much wider sphere of influence than just pensions and it shows. This is from her opening remarks …you have told us that service standards … Continue reading
Don’t pander to pension populism! Zurich big-wig hits out at “freedoms”
“I have no time for populism” , was the astonishing rebuttal of top Zurich Insurance shrink Stefan Kroepfl. Kroepfl, who is global head of life business analysis – is no lightweight, nor was the discussion that ensued at this Dutch … Continue reading
Expel the corporates – our classrooms are for teaching!
Here are two blogs , one from the CEO of TPAS and one from the head of strategic partnerships at Zurich Insurance. The blogs occurred consecutively on my linked in stream Blog one can be found here Blog two … Continue reading
IGC Class of 2018 – the results are in – this is how your Chair Report stacks up.
So here are my ratings for the principal IGC reports that I can find. There may be more reports skulking out there and I’ll be adding them if they get reported to me! As you can see, they … Continue reading
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Tagged Aegon, Aviva, Black Rock, Chair, Fidelity, IGC, L&G, Old Mutual, pensions, Prudential, Scottish Widows, Standard, Zurich
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Laugh, cry, applaud! Zurich’s IGC report is flawed – but a “must read”
I don’t know whether to laugh, applaud or cry when reading Zurich IGC reports and Laurie Edmans’ third report is no exception. Laugh – because of Laurie’s brutal honesty But from the members’ perspective, it does not matter whether the … Continue reading
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Tagged IGC, Laurie Edmonds, pensions, Scottish Widows, Zurich
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