Disability pension

Baloise reports stable earnings in occupational pension business in 2021

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Baloise Switzerland has once again achieved stable earnings in its occupational pension business.

Key Points: 
  • Baloise Switzerland has once again achieved stable earnings in its occupational pension business.
  • Baloise also saw this reflected in its occupational pension business.
  • Although the environment remained challenging, Baloises occupational pension business generated premium income of CHF 2.3 billion and earnings of CHF 40.2 million in connection with more than 18,900 contracts.
  • The net investment yield achieved in the occupational pension business was a solid 1.69 per cent.

State Pension payment arrangements

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

This would ensure that customers who remain unable to open or manage a standard account, are provided with a payment mechanism to receive their payment of pension and benefit from DWP.

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  • This would ensure that customers who remain unable to open or manage a standard account, are provided with a payment mechanism to receive their payment of pension and benefit from DWP.
  • Pension payday

    The State Pension is a weekly benefit, generally only paid in multiples of a week .

  • Before the introduction of the new State Pension on 6 April 2016, payment started from the first payday after the individual reached State Pension age, meaning there was often a gap at the beginning of the claim.
  • With the introduction of the new State Pension, the rules were changed to allow part-week payments at the start and end of a State Pension claim.

Disability Application Help Launches a New Website to Offer a Free Social Security Disability Online Case Evaluation

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Friday, February 28, 2020

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Disability Application Help provides a free, nationwide disability benefits evaluation service.

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  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Disability Application Help provides a free, nationwide disability benefits evaluation service.
  • The free service allows disabled people to quickly find out if they may qualify for social security disability benefits.
  • Disability Application Help has reliably been providing free social security disability case evaluations since August 2011.
  • Disability Application Help welcomes links from other websites to promote the free disability case evaluation service.

Pension Credit - 2017 onwards

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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019Looks at some of the issues currently raised in connection with Pension Credit - including the introduction of changes for 'mixed age couples'

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  • Guarantee Credit provides financial help for people aged over the qualifying age for Pension Credit (linked to the State Pension age) whose income is below a set amount.
  • The qualifying age is rising in line with the State Pension age (State Pension Credit Act 2002, s 1).
  • There is transitional protection for mixed age couples entitled to Pension Credit or Housing Benefit for People over Pension Credit qualifying age at the date of change, while they continue to be entitled to either benefit (SI 2019/37; Gov.UK -Pension Credit/eligibility).
  • For more on the background, see Library Briefing Paper CBP-01439 Pension Credit - background (2011) and 02/19 The State Pension Credit Bill [HL] (March 2002).