News
Export drive prompts business travel warning
20/02/2012
Businesses are being urged to remember their duty of care to employees travelling abroad as more companies prepare to expand into overseas markets as part of the government's export drive.
Contingent assets recertification deadline
17/02/2012
All contingent assets must be recertified by 5pm on 30 March. Any contingent asset not recertified by then cannot be taken into account in the calculation of the 2012/13 PPF levy.
Ten tips to protect your business from cyber crime
16/02/2012
Bluefin Insurance Services is advising SMEs on safeguarding their business from the growing threat of cyber crime which is costing the UK around £21billion a year...
Bluefin ceo appointed chair of CII insurance
broking faculty
14/02/2012
Stuart Reid, chief executive of Bluefin Insurance Group, has been appointed as chair of the Chartered Insurance Institute's insurance broking faculty...
DTZ sees increased employee engagement with new flexible benefits scheme
07/02/2012
UK property company DTZ has re-launched its flexible benefits scheme after switching to Bluefin's online portal, Orbit.
Bluefin warns businesses of deep water ahead following government cuts to flood defence schemes
02/02/2012
Businesses could be left at risk of flooding as public sector spending cuts lead to the postponing of multi-million pound defence schemes aimed at protecting thousands of homes and commercial premises.
Technology comes to the fore
31/01/2012
Robin Hames, Head of Technical, Marketing and Research at Bluefin, talks about the crucial role technology will play in interacting with HR and Payroll systems when introducing automatic enrolment.
Leg and Reg Newsletter - February 2012
31/01/2012
This newsletter has been produced as a monthly digest of developments in the regulatory sphere that would or could affect your business.
Bluefin responds to DWP announcement
on delay of auto-enrolment dates
25/01/2012
Following today's announcement on the revised staging dates for automatic enrolment, Bluefin responds and relaunches its calculator inline with the update.
Consultation on GMP equalisation
25/01/2012
There is a lot of brouhaha about the DWP consultation on GMP equalisation, part of a consultation package on PPF rules and wider pension scheme equalisation that is running until April, but what exactly has changed?
Bluefin achieves chartered broker status
18/01/2012
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has awarded the prestigious 'Chartered Insurance Brokers' title to Bluefin Insurance Services Ltd, one of the UK's leading providers of independent insurance advice and support.
Leg and Reg Newsletter - January 2012
05/01/2012
This newsletter has been produced as a monthly digest of developments in the regulatory sphere that would or could affect your business.
John Simmonds steps down from Chairman role
04/01/2012
Bluefin Advisory Services (BAS) has confirmed that John Simmonds has stepped down from his role as Chairman of Bluefin Corporate Consulting and Bluefin Wealth Management.
A time to buy-in pension liabilities
28/12/2011
Eamonn O'Connor considers some of the issues involved with conducting pensioner buy-ins.
Bluefin opens new office in Glasgow
16/12/2011
National insurance broker Bluefin has opened a new office in Atlantic Quay, Glasgow creating nine new jobs...
Bluefin scoops national insurance award
12/12/2011
Bluefin Insurance Services has won the Training Initiative of the Year category at the Insurance Times Awards 2011 in London's Battersea Park...
Orbit impresses in the 2011 e-Excellence survey
12/12/2011
The 2011 Finance & Technology Research Centre e-Excellence survey has now been published and it sees Orbit, our employee benefits portal receive top ratings yet again.
Bluefin finds trustees are in danger of 'rubbernecking their own accident'
12/12/2011
A recent survey of pension scheme trustees by Bluefin Corporate Consulting suggests that, while more trustees are now closely monitoring the performance of their portfolio, many still do not have the mechanisms to act on their findings.
Workplace bullying on the rise
09/12/2011
Businesses are being warned about the insurance implications of workplace bullying which is already on the rise and could increase further if employment reforms proposed by the Business Secretary go ahead...
Bluefin's online portal breaks through the £1billion barrier
08/12/2011
Bluefin, the award-winning employee benefits consultancy, has confirmed that over £1bn of defined contribution pension funds are now invested via its online benefits portal, Orbit.
