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Philip Brown highlights how using the Common Quotation Form can help advisers get the best enhanced annuity quote for their clients

With the ever expanding range of products and endless regulatory and legislative changes, it can be challenging for advisers to keep up to date with developments in the retirement market. You might even expect that today's consumer, brought up on price comparison sites and shopping around, would apply the same approach to searching out the highest income they can get for their money. Yet, it is a well-established fact that the majority of consumers don't exercise the open market option despite the benefits that this could bring them in the form of an increased income for life. Since 2002,...

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