HDI-Gerling implements stakeholder for UK staff
German industrial insurer HDI-Gerling has hired Friends Provident to provide a group stakeholder scheme for its UK staff.
The new scheme replaces the firm's current group personal pension plan provided by Aviva and comes after the company closed its final salary scheme. The Friends Provident plan provides UK employees...
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