Ensign – transfer to Smart Pension
Ensign will be closing to future contributions and transferring its members and assets to Smart Pension over the Spring/Summer of 2023.
Important information for pensioner members living in the European Economic Area (EEA)
Following the UK’s exit from the EU on 31 January 2020, the UK and the EU are now subject ...
Notification Of Update To The Ensign Privacy Notice
The Ensign Privacy Notice has been updated predominantly to reflect the transition of the executive services from Ensign Pensions ...
Impact of Coronavirus on Ensign
Naturally there are concerns about the impact of the Coronavirus on Ensign, particularly the impact of recent market instability on ...
Ensign Pension Scheme Secretary position
Are you organised, eager to learn and interested in developing a career within the pensions industry? If so, this could ...
Supporting the maritime industry: Ensign aligns with seafarers’ charity to highlight the value of saving
Ensign partnered with the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society in 2019 as headline supporter of its annual photography competition. Now in ...
High Court Ruling: The importance of communication on pensions
As the high court ruled today that almost four million women born in the 1950s are not entitled to compensation ...
Ensign Pensions Officer position
We have a new Pensions Officer position, based at our Gatwick offices. To apply, please submit a CV and covering ...
Maritime pension specialist Ensign awarded master trust authorisation
Ensign, the UK’s only maritime pension specialist, has received master trust authorisation from The Pensions Regulator (TPR). As the only ...
New Business Development Role
We have a new Business Development role, based in our Gatwick office. Ensign is the only dedicated master trust for ...
We are recruiting!
We are looking for a new Pensions Manager & Scheme Secretary to join our exceptional team in our Gatwick office. ...
Ensign supports the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society photography competition
Ensign is pleased to announce its support of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society’s annual photography competition, which honours Britain’s proud ...
Schemes must do more to embrace diversity
Rory Murphy says pension funds must do more to embrace and reflect the diversity among their membership. The Financial Conduct ...
Why an industry wide pension scheme is a good idea
The face of pensions is changing as the world of work undergoes seismic upheavals and mounting uncertainty. Final salary schemes ...
Changing perceptions: understanding pensions as deferred pay
Since its introduction in 2012, auto-enrolment has slowly increased its impact on businesses and employees, finally becoming compulsory for all ...
Is it time to be thinking about your employee pensions?
With most companies obliged by law to place eligible staff into a pension scheme and contribute to it, millions of ...
“We need to talk”: How mediation could help save troubled pensions relationships
In its recent consultation on protecting defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) identifies a ...
More than just a tick box exercise – Workplace Pensions
April 2019 sees the amount of money employers and employees pay into workplace pensions rise in the latest round of ...
Ensign submits Master Trust Authorisation Application to The Pensions Regulator
Ensign, the maritime pension specialist, submitted its application for master trust authorisation to The Pensions Regulator (“TPR”) on 20 March. ...
Introduction of drawdown and retirement advice services
Today’s workers are savvier and more discerning than ever before about the need to plan and save for retirement. Yet ...
Seafarers are living longer, but what does it mean for their later years?
Most children born in rich countries today can expect to live for more than 100 years. What does this ...
An open letter to Amber Rudd from the Ensign Chair
As Amber Rudd takes on her new brief as work and pensions secretary, Rory Murphy offers her some suggestions as ...
Ensign doubles membership with onboarding of the Stena Line (UK) Pension Scheme defined contribution members
The Stena Line UK Group has chosen Ensign – the Master Trust pension scheme for the shipping and maritime sector ...
Ensign Chair’s initiative on financial education
Ensign Chair, Rory Murphy, has lead an initiative, being launched today, to encourage financial awareness for the younger generations, ...
Ensign Trustee, Mark Dickinson, awarded Merchant Navy medal
Ensign Trustee, Mark Dickinson, has recently been awarded the prestigious Merchant Navy medal for Meritorious Service, awarded each year in ...
Lessons from Lehman for pension trustees
A decade after the crisis, Rory Murphy says the industry must embrace the same approach to consumer engagement that is ...
Attracting and Retaining Talent
Suffering from employee attrition? The solution may be closer than you think. What’s the biggest challenge facing you and your ...
Ensign challenges bigger master trusts by reshaping member experience
Ensign, the Defined Contribution (DC) pension scheme for the UK shipping and maritime industry, has launched a new look, ...
Ensign undertakes the first ever maritime pensions survey
Ensign has recently undertaken a survey on the importance, awareness and understanding of pensions in the maritime industry, which ...
Sometimes, good things come in small packages…
Andrew Waring says the 'big is better' view does not necessarily stand up to scrutiny when it comes to master ...
Trustees need to engage more on climate change risk
Rory Murphy argues there is no excuse for pension trustees to be taking a back seat on climate change risks ...
Crew Welfare: Why pensions matter
Rory Murphy, Chair of the maritime industry’s pension fund – the Ensign Retirement Plan, brings it back to basics, and ...
Ensign Retirement Plan cuts Annual Management Charges
Ensign Retirement Plan cuts Annual Management Charges Always with its members’ interests in mind, the Trustee announces a reduction ...
Maritime employers risk crippling fines in UK pensions overhaul
Companies that employ seafarers or offshore workers could face civil penalties for failing to auto enrol eligible employees. Maritime ...
Blog post: Inspiring women in maritime
Marketing Director Jemima FitzMorris shares her thoughts on roles for women in the maritime sector and the gender pay gap. ...
Power to the people
Ensign Retirement Plan Chair, Rory Murphy, says real and positive changes in the industry are best achieved if they reflect ...
A pension plan specifically for the maritime industry
A pension plan specifically for the maritime industry writes Bryony McCabe in SuperyachtNews. Bryony looks at how the Ensign Retirement ...
Blog Post: To infinity and beyond
In this, the last in this series of blog posts ‘Thoughts from the Chair’ Rory Murphy, Ensign Retirement Plan Chair ...
Blog Post: The role of advisers
In the third of his blog series, Ensign Retirement Plan Chair of Trustees, Rory Murphy, considers the hot topic of ...
Blog Post: The issue of education
Continuing his blog series, Rory Murphy, Ensign Retirement Plan Chair of Trustees, gives us his take on the world of ...
Blog Post: So what’s in store for the future of pensions? Ponderings post PLSA Annual Conference
Ensign Retirement Plan Pensions Director, Ivan Laws, reflects on the highlights of the PLSA Annual Conference 2017 Apparently many of ...
Blog Post: The future role of trustees
Never one to miss an opportunity to challenge the ‘norm’, Rory gives us his thoughts on four key areas – ...
Trustees must do more to share best practice, says Rory Murphy, Chair of trustees.
Letter: Trustees as well as investment consultants must address weaknesses. The following letter was published in Professional Pensions on 4 ...
FCA report into asset managers should highlight best practice
Rory Murphy, Chair of Ensign Retirement Plan Trustees Limited and MNOPF Trustees Limited On the 28th June 2017, the FCA ...
New champions for maritime pensions inspired by Nautilus…
The following article was published on the Nautilus International website on 20 June 2017: Residents at the Nautilus Mariners’ Park ...
Blog Post: The future of DC pension provision. Is it all black holes and elephants
I recently attended a roundtable event for industry professionals where we gathered, peered myopically at each other’s name badges and ...
Ensign Retirement Plan – demonstrating its quality credentials
Ensuring the Ensign Retirement Plan is managed to high standards, and with the appropriate controls, is very important to our ...
Master trust regulation: How do you define ‘sufficient capital’
Ensign Retirement Plan's Strategy, Operations and Communications Director, Phil Boyle has written a blog which is featured in this months' ...
Ensign Retirement Plan CEO joins PLSA Master Trust Committee
Andrew Waring is one of 13 industry representatives who have been appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) ...
Pension Quality Mark Accreditation
Ensign Pensions Limited has achieved PQM Plus accreditation for our employees through our participation in the Ensign Retirement Plan. This ...