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Background On 1 March 2011, in the Test-Achats case, the CJEU ruled that, with effect from 21 December 2012, an exemption in the “Gender Directive” which permits insurers to use sex as a determining factor in their assessment of risk...
Background On 1 March 2011, in the Test-Achats case, the ECJ ruled that, with effect from 21 December 2012, an exemption in the “Gender Directive” which permits insurers to use sex as a determining factor in their assessment of risk...
Background Part II of EIOPA’s draft response to the EU Commission, in connection with its Call for Advice on the review of the EU Pensions Directive, considers proposals to apply Solvency II style funding requirements to occupational...
Background The main purpose of the DWP’s consultation on “Workplace Pension Reform – Completing the legislative framework for Automatic Enrolment”, published on 19 July 2011, is to put into effect the findings of the...
EIOPA has issued a consultation in connection with its review of the “IORP” or Pensions Directive. The consultation focuses on: the scope of the Directive; the definition of “cross-border activity”; the scope of prudential...
Background We note that the DWP’s consultation on employer debt, published on 28 June 2011, is aimed at addressing concerns that the Employer Debt Regulations still unnecessarily inhibit corporate activity, in particular the ability...
Background In its consultation paper, “A state pension for the 21st century”, the DWP has proposed two options for reform: Option one: faster flat rating of S2P; and Option two: the introduction of a single tier flat rate pension In...
