Retirement

Actuary consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) warns some UK defined benefit pension schemes could become insolvent as the fall-out from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis hits the UK.

First Actuarial has called for the Government to revise its draft regulations on the calculation of transfer values from final salary pension schemes.

Royal Liver has ended merger talks with Royal London, according to a statement.

Top SIPP providers are using deferred SIPPs to to artificially bolster their SIPP sales figures, warns James Hay.

Rowanmoor Pensions has launched a free guide to self-administered pension scheme commercial property purchase.

There are not enough income products on the market to satisfy specific client demand, according to WAY Group.

The position of Defined Benefit (DB) schemes in deficit worsened in July 2007 with the total deficit just over £45bn from £30bn at the end of June 2007.

Michael Fish never lived down his reassurances on the weather before the great 1987 storm hit. Similarly the actuarial profession has a reputation for consistently underestimating future improvements in mortality rates. And let's not start on how projections...

Prudential has topped the Annuity Bureau's August annuity rate tables within specified targeted bands.

Less than a third of consumers find annuities acceptable, according to a survey by Skandia.