LCP

Bluechip firms have seen their pension deficits more than double over the last year despite ploughing in a combined total of £11bn to plug deficits, says LCP.

National Insurance contributions are due on pre-6 April 2006 employer payments into funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Public sector employers are running out of time to make sure they comply with incoming auto-enrolment legislation, experts warn.

The Gartmore Pension Scheme has entered into a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation to cover the liabilities related to all of the scheme's 600 members.

Companies could be missing thousands of eligible workers out of their auto-enrolment plans because they wrongly believe they are classed as self-employed, consultants and a lawyer warn.

LCP has appointed Metlife director of business development Emma Watkins as principal in its pension buy-out practice.

Insurance companies are now providing benefits for more than 500,000 UK defined benefit members after a record year for buyout and buy-ins, research shows.

Trustees of the £570 Britannia Airways Ltd Superannuation and Life Assurance Scheme have appointed LCP to act as its actuarial adviser.

Asset managers, lobby groups, consultants and law firms have reacted warily to the publication of EIOPA advice on Solvency II standards for pension schemes. Here's what they had to say

With the price of complete buyouts becoming prohibitive for many trustees, Andrew Short looks at cheaper alternatives to shifting liabilities, and how they can be funded.