Scott Brown takes a look at some of the issues facing the annuity market and discusses the importance of shopping around for the best rates
What are the main areas where annuity providers fail customers i.e. transfer times, communication? What progress has been made and what more can be done? I don't think that annuity providers do fail customers. Most of the issues around annuities, or more importantly the retirement processes, occur because of the poor understanding of how pensions operate. There are still a significant number of pension policyholders that do not appreciate that their pension fund has to be used to provide an income in retirement and that one of the most secure ways of doing that is by purchasing an annuit...
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