Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Aviva has launched a specialist protection team to offer a tailored service for protection cases with high levels of cover and large premiums.

Pure Retirement, a new equity release provider, has launched to market with its Pure Drawdown Plan, a high loan-to-value lifetime drawdown scheme.

Aegon UK is proposing to make the role of protection distribution director redundant and has announced the exit of its head of protection proposition as part of wide-ranging changes to its protection unit.

The government's reduction of the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) is ‘triggering' a growing number of expats to move their pensions out of the UK, deVere Group says.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should there be a one-year 'cooling off' period during annuity purchase?

Retirement Planner's round up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should there be a mandatory annuity broking service?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should money spent on 'wake up packs' be used instead on providing retirees with a 15 minute conversation with a retirement expert?