Billy Burrows: 'The market has changed, it was time to move on'

Jenna Towler
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Billy Burrows is to join non-advised annuity broking business Annuity Line as head of business development.

He said it was "time to move on" after 20 years as the annuity business was fast developing away from the traditional model. Burrows told IFAonline: "After 20 years of advising individual clients the annuity market has changed beyond all recognition. With the increase in non-advised annuities it is time to move on and look at ways of offering clients the best possible service at-retirement. "It is quite clear that the business model of the future has to change to meet customer needs in the post-RDR environment." He has departed Better Retirement Group (BRG) for the role. He incorpo...

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