Scottish Life

Scottish Life, the pensions arm of the Royal London Group has rolled out an improved support structure for IFAs based in Northern Island.

Scottish Life has re-launched a range of support material for employers and advisers to help them set up and run successful salary sacrifice schemes.

Scottish Life says only 7% of its new regular premium individual business is written on a commission basis, with the rest fee-based.

Scottish Life has appointed Joe McGrath and Ken Tymms as corporate pensions managers to work on the provider's defined benefit (DB) business.

The Government should halt the Pensions Bill while it conducts a study into people's savings and how personal accounts will affect them, says Scottish Life's head of pensions strategy Steve Bee.

Scottish Life has added four investment partners and 16 funds to its core investment range.

Almost 90% of advisers believe the introduction of personal accounts will lead to employers levelling down contributions rather than closing existing schemes, according to a poll by Scottish Life.

The results of the FSA's annual persistency survey for 2007 suggest the industry cannot sustain traditional methods of pricing pension plans, Scottish Life says.

Subscribers to Scottish Life's occupational pension scheme alert service have exceeded 1,200 in a year.

Scottish Life has launched a plan to allow customers to release pension funds before retirement.