News
26th September 2008
Building Group and Retirement homes specialists, McCarthy & Stone, have appointed Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd as their Group Risk insurance brokers. Michael Kirk will be providing a full broking services for the company’s death-in-service and long term disability schemes.
26th August 2008
Oil refinement company, Primary Industries have appointed Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd as third-party Administrators to their £11M final salary scheme.
23rd July 2008
It is with deep regret that Michael Kirk & Partners announce the death of their principle administrator, Jo Antonowicz. Jo joined the company in 2002 and was highly regarded by all MK staff and her clients. She died at the age of 57 after a long and courageous fight against cancer. Our thoughts are with her family.
1st July 2008
Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd have been appointed as third-party administrators to the Edward Fox & Sons (1984) Final Salary Scheme.
16 June 2008
Entertainment and Leisure Group, 3D Entertainment have appointed Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd as their independent financial advisers and Risk/PMI brokers.
1st April 2008
Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd have been appointed by Danske Bank as their Medical Insurance brokers.
25th March 2008
The world famous Bourne Hall Clinic (Worlds first test-tube baby) has appointed Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd as their new medical advisory consultants.
15th March 2008
Heritable Bank have selected Michael Kirk & Partners as their new Medical Insurance brokers following a review.
1st February 2008
Michael Kirk & Partners have been appointed by Paradise Datacom as their new pension consultants and will be installing a new Group Personal Pension Scheme with Aegon Scottish Equitable.
14th January 2008 - Michael Kirk Announce Fee Rebate structure
Third-Party Pension Administrators, Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd, have announced a further service enhancement to their Administration proposition for 2008. With immediate effect they will be declaring Guaranteed turnaround times for all administration work (subject to receipt of data) as follows:
Annual Benefit Statements: 3 weeks from renewal date
Day to day Administration requests: 72 hours
In addition they will also be introducing fee rebates if these guarantees are not met and will be based on the following scale:
| Errors in month |
% of Monthly Fixed Fee rebated |
| 1-2 |
10% |
| 3-5 |
15% |
| 6+ |
20% |
Managing Director, Steve Goddard, said "this service enhancement puts us very much in the forefront in the TPA market and literally puts our money where our mouth is! Not only will clients benefit from our True fixed fee approach but we will also rebate a percentage of the fees in the unlikely event that we do not deliver on our promises". He added “many Trustee Boards will be reviewing their Administration support costs and current service levels during 2008 and they should not be paying for poor performance”
For more information contact:
Steve Goddard, Managing Director, Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd - 020 8603 3700
Andrew Blackman, Director, Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd - 020 8603 3700
Notes to editors:
- Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd have been third-party administrators for over 20 years and administer over £200Million of DB & DC Pension funds (www.michaelkirk.co.uk)
- Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd have over 20 staff and are based in Croydon. They also have a sub offices in Fleet, Hants and Watford.
- Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd are also the appointed Administrators for the Spinnaker Master trust which was launched in 2007.
- Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd will shortly be launching a new concept under the banner of co-sourcing on Administration for DB schemes
October 2007
Serenity have been appointed by Toshiba Information Services as their Flex and Total Reward Consultants. Serenity will be working alongside Staffcare to provide both TRS & Flex.
September 2007
Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd have been appointed as Consultants and Group Risk Brokers to the Development Bank of Singapore. The previous brokers were AON.
April 2007
Michael Kirk's launch Flex Consultancy "Serenity Flex & Reward Ltd". The new company will be headed by Tony Nevin who previously worked for Youatwork and Thomson online benefits.
December 2006
Builders and Plumbing suppliers, Harris & Bailey have appointed Michael Kirk & Partners Ltd as their Administrators & Consultants. The £2.5Million scheme was previously administered by Scottish Life.
September 2005 – MKP launches “Sippfactory.com”
MKP have announced that they
are currently building a web based solution to enable individuals
and members of occupational pension schemes (DB & DC) to purchase
Self-Invested Personal Pensions. Managing Director, Steve Goddard
said “the proposed changes to pensions
design to be implemented on A-day in April 2006 will bring an unprecedented
demand for Sipps. Sippfactory.com will be fully enable to allow Sipp
investors to buy & sell shares online, view investment information
and provide planning tools”. Steve Goddard added “ we also believe
that Sipps will be popular in the workplace and we will also be launching
a Group Sipp shortly under the groupsippfactory.com banner”
July
2005 – Esporta appoints Michael Kirk for Group PP
Michael Kirk have
been appointed as Consultants to the Esporta Group Personal Pension
insured via Norwich Union. Managing Director, Steve Goddard said “we
are delighted with this appointment and will now deliver on our
promises to provide a first class service to Esporta members via
technology and face to face clinics”
April 2005 – Michael Kirk acquires “Quantum
Executive Pension Plan” from
PIFC
After many months negotiation Michael Kirk have purchased the
Quantum EPP product from PIFC for an undisclosed sum. Quantum EPP
offers a wide range of investment choices and is designed for “High
Net worth” clients. Steve Goddard, Managing director said “this
product adds to our armoury to provide total solutions to HNW clients
and will be an invaluable product leading up to A day in 2006”
March
2005 – Michael Kirk recruits new Head of Administration
Michael Kirk
have announced that Andrew Blackman has been appointed as their
new Head of Consulting following the retirement of the previous
Head, Denis Nevin. Andrew joins Michael Kirk after 8 years as a Senior
Consultant with Mercer HR. Previously to Mercer HR Andrew worked
for 10 years with PIFC.
February 2005 – Esporta appoints
Michael Kirk for DB Administration
Esporta have appointed Michael Kirk as Administrators
and consultants to their Final Salary Scheme. Managing director Steve
Goddard commented “this
appointment clearly confirms our position as one of the leading Third-Party
Administrators in the SME market-place. Trustees and sponsoring employers
are rightfully demanding quality of service and value for money,
thankfully Michael Kirk can deliver on both”. The Scheme has over £5
Million in assets and over 400 members. Michael Kirk replaces the
previous Administrators Punter Southall. Cartwright Consulting have
been appointed as Scheme Actuary to replace Punter Southall.
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