1999 News

Endowment Mortgages - The next Mis-Selling scandal
December 1999
As the insurance industry grinds its way towards completion of the personal pensions mis-selling review, a potential new mis-selling scandal has emerged recently. This concerns the sale of endowment p...

Rugby World Champions played like actuaries
December 1999
For readers who don't know, rugby is a rough and muddy contact game played with an oval ball by gentlemen (and recently, by ladies) who enjoy the subsequent replays in the bar almost as much as the ga...

Public concern about annuity prices
November 1999
Partner Adrian Waddingham comments on reports in the press about the high price of buying insured annuities. The problem Human nature being what it is, people are reluctant about putting capital sums ...

A busy month for international fixtures
November 1999
Senior partner Huw Wynne-Griffith travelled to St Petersburg to address the 8th Baltic Conference on 1 October on the role of the actuary in an economy in transition. In many countries actuaries are k...

Historic SSAS and SIPP Seminars
November 1999
Richard Millson introduced the tenth year of these popular seminars on SSASs which, in 1999, also covered the new Barnett Waddingham SIPP. For many of our clients who run their own privately owned bus...

Historic SSAS Seminars
November 1999
In 1999, the annual season of Barnett Waddingham's Autumn SSAS Seminars witnessed visits to thirteen venues across the country. The total attendance at the Seminars reached a record level with over 40...

Stakeholder Pensions - Overall Position and Timetable
October 1999
Timetable The UK Government has issued 6 consultation papers during the summer of 1999 on various aspects of Stakeholder Pensions. The UK Government state that they are considering very carefully subm...

RAMP Risk Analysis and Management for Projects
October 1999
For further information, please contact Susanna Morran at the Cheltenham office. Overview In July 1998, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries launched RAMP, a n...

Amersham and London Share Sporting Spoils
September 1999
During August two of the main sporting showdowns of the Barnett Waddingham year took place - the annual cricket match between the Amersham and London offices and the company-wide 6-a-side football tou...

Senior Partner travels East
September 1999
Senior partner Huw Wynne-Griffith writes about his forthcoming travels to the EURACS conference in Latvia and to the Baltic conference in St Petersburg. At the 8th Baltic Conference on 1st October in ...

Deferred Annuity Costs on Winding Up UK Pension Schemes
September 1999
Senior partner Huw Wynne-Griffith discusses the problems of deferred annuity costs for the trustees of pension schemes that are winding up. The problem of deferred annuity costs for the trustees of pe...

Changes in UK pensions legislation
September 1999
Jon Bridger examines PSO "Update 54", concerning the flexible use of Additional Voluntary Contributions to Occupational Pension Schemes. PSO "Update 54" "Update 54" concerning the Flexible Use of Addi...

Luxembourg Domestic Supplementary Pension Law - Commentary
August 1999
Barnett Waddingham - 23 July 1999. New Luxembourg Pension Laws Published Two new pension laws have been published in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg having received Royal Assent in June. The laws put in...

Consultation Paper Trail
August 1999
F or further information, please contact Jon Bridger at the Cheltenham office . Green Paper and Consultation Document In December 1998 the DSS published the following documents: Green Paper entitled "...

Response to the Governments Green Paper - Strengthening the Pensions Framework
August 1999
"A New Contract for Welfare: Partnership in Pensions" Response to the Government's Green Paper Jon Bridger - March 1999.For further information, please contact Jon Bridger at the Cheltenham office . S...

Consultation Document - Strengthening the Pensions Framework
August 1999
Jon Bridger - February 1999.For further information, please contact Jon Bridger at the Cheltenham office . 1. Removal of GMPs Government Proposal The DSS is seeking to establish whether schemes would ...

Barnett Waddingham 10th Birthday: office celebrations
August 1999
The London, Amersham and Luxembourg offices held a joint celebration on a river boat on the Thames while the Leeds office continued the nautical theme with a barge trip on the Leeds and Liverpool cana...

Barnett Waddingham 10th Birthday Party
July 1999
Barnett Waddingham celebrated its 10th birthday party in some style on Wednesday 23 June at the London Transport Museum in London's Covent Garden. We were pleased to welcome some 300 guests who called...

Stakeholder Pensions Employer Access
July 1999
Summary and Comment This UK Government consultation paper indicates which employers will be exempt from the requirement to offer access to the new Stakeholder Pensions. As such, it is more important t...

Luxembourg Domestic Supplementary Pension Law
July 1999
Overview of the Law on supplementary pension schemes Scope of the law The purposes of this law are to offer a legal framework to occupational pension schemes, to secure the rights of scheme members, a...

Barnett Waddingham News Archive June 1999
June 1999
Happy Birthday Barnett Waddingham! Barnett Waddingham celebrates its tenth birthday in June. It was in May 1989 that the founding partners met in Bath and agreed to establish a new firm. At that time ...