In this paper Swiss Re Europe look at how a capital market for longevity risk could help address the challenges of funding longer lives.

This paper discusses which taxes affect companies who buy healthcare cover for their employees, including, Insurance Premium Tax (IPT), National Insurance Contributions (NIC), Income Tax, Corporation Tax (CT) and Value Added Tax (VAT).

The chapter is designed to show the value of the pension resources of pensioner households in the UK and, in particular, the distribution of these resources. It is important to note that the analysis has some limitations. It does not include pension resources to which households are entitled but

This chapter looks at private pensions in the UK. By contrast with state pensions (see Pension Trends Chapter 5) which comprise the basic and additional state pensions and related benefits such as Pension Credit, private pensions are provided by employers in the private and public sectors and by

This chapter is about how pension schemes ensure that they have the money to fulfil their obligations of paying out benefits to pensioners and their dependents. Specifically, the chapter is about ‘funded’ pension schemes -- those in which benefits (the schemes’ liabilities) are met from a fund built

This is a new chapter of Pension Trends which brings together all forms of saving -- in private pensions, financial assets and property -- to look at the broad picture of saving for retirement. It also presents information on the distribution of aggregate saving, attitudes towards saving, saving

This chapter discusses membership of all types of non-state pension, referred to here as privatem pensions. The chapter looks at active members of occupational pension schemes and those contributing to personal pensions, and considers characteristics associated with pension scheme membership.

This report combines the latest data on the state of private pensions in the UK. The report examines the main factors that have played a role in shaping recent trends in private sector pension provision and highlights how employers are responding to the challenges of providing workplace pensions.

The 2012 Annual Outlook from K&L Gates analyses of recent newsmaking events, regulatory developments, and government policies of interest to leaders in the public and private sector. More than 40 articles examine issues and trends driving the agenda for business and global government.

In this paper, Advanced Business Solutions looks at how the 2008 and 2011 Pensions Acts will drastically change pension provisions in the workplace from October 2012 onwards. Plus what this could mean for your business.