With the start of a new year round the corner, what have been the main issues facing the health insurance and protection market over the last 12 months and what has been achieved?
MARKET VIEWS JAMIE WINTER, Watson Wyatt The most significant area of focus for us in the last year has been one that will not become fully apparent until next year; that is the tax simplification of pensions and, in particular, its impact on the delivery of group death in service benefits. Most employers are now aware of the new legislation and many have studied their pension arrangements in detail. As a result, however, there appears to have been a tendency to adopt policies that will result in little change over existing provision after A-Day. Despite this, we have found that wher...
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