Insurers have clashed with pension funds and worker organisations over MPs' call for the government to lift the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust.
The work and pensions select committee has urged the government to lift the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust.
Private sector workers are six times more likely to receive a range of employee benefits such as private medical insurance and income protection than public sector staff, research has claimed.
Barnett Waddingham has opened an employee benefits practice in the North West to advise businesses in the area on defined contribution arrangements and benefits packages.
Daily Mail and General Trust has appointed Jane Allen to the newly created role of group reward director, taking over from outgoing pensions director Geoffrey Staines.
Whitbread will give its employees as little information as possible in a bid to avoid "frightening" them off with auto-enrolment.
Friends Life has launched its corporate platform - offering a range of pension and savings accounts to employees and a management information system for employers.
Adviser group Paradigm is set to launch a standalone corporate wrap next week.
MetLife has hired Stephanie Baillie to head up its expanding employee benefits operation from Friends Life.
Almost 90% of employees now have less trust in their company pension than 15 years ago - up from 74% in 2008, Towers Watson research reveals.