PPF launches new guide on assessments

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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 leaflet, entitled ‘Your journey to becoming a member of the Pension Protection Fund’, explains the steps being taken on behalf of PPF members and the levels of compensation they might eventually receive. The leaflet follows on from a booklet entitled 'Help! My employer has gone bust and I think I might lose my pension', which explains how the PPF compensation scheme works, and is part of the Protecting People’s Pensions initiative. The assessment process determines whether a scheme has enough assets to pay members above the PPF levels of compensation. If the scheme in question can...

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