Retirement

Norwich Union has welcomed the latest equity release figures released by Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP) and says the results highlight efforts by SHIP members to improve their consumer offering.

The Pensions Protection Fund has today launched a leaflet to help people who lost their pensions when their employers became insolvent and who are currently being assessed by the PPF scheme.

The FSA says it has found senior management often presents a "risk" to a firm's bid to meet its treating customers fairly (TCF) principles.

Specialist UK life assurance group, Just Retirement, has announced that sales in the past twelve months have risen 127% on the previous financial year.

Mike O'Brien, minister for pensions reform, welcomes the Department of Work and Pensions' (DWP) Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions, published today.

Financial advisers are underestimating the number of clients that qualify for enhanced annuities, according to retirement specialist, Tomorrow.

A former director of Natwest and executive director of Gartmore will head up the independent team charged with rolling out personal accounts.

Chancellor Alistair Darling should raise the age at which people must buy an annuity or move into an Alternatively Secured Pension (ASP) from 75 to at least 80, says Living Time, a financial services company.

The cost of living for people aged 65 and over is rising faster than the national average, warns Prudential.

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