Pensions Snapshot - September 2018

This edition of snapshot summarises some of the key legal and regulatory developments that occurred up to the end of August 2018 in relation to occupational pension schemes. The topics covered in this edition are:

• STOP PRESS: CJEU rules members entitled to compensation of at least 50% on employer's insolvency
• Death benefits and the importance of clearly communicating benefit options
• Mr Y (PO-13540)
• Mr R (PO-17639)
• Fetter results in a royal mess
• Regulator urges schemes to review 'generous' transfer values

STOP PRESS: CJEU rules members entitled to compensation of at least 50% on employer's insolvency

As reported in our May edition of Snapshot, the Advocate General had provided an opinion in the case of Hampshire v PPF which confirmed that individual members of occupational pension schemes are entitled to at least 50% of the total value of their accrued rights on an employer's insolvency. On 6 September, the Court of Justice of the European