NOW: Pensions launches drive to ensure savers get best annuity

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Low-cost workplace pension provider NOW: Pensions has teamed up with a specialist annuity provider to ensure all savers get the best possible income at retirement.

NOW: Pensions, an offshoot of a major Danish pension provider, is to work with Annuity Direct to help customers identify the best deal on retirement - helping some increase their pension by as much as 40%, the Mail on Sunday reports. Members will be asked about their health and lifestyle to ensure they obtain extra income payable to those with limited life expectancy. It will help them understand the annuity options available too, including spouse benefits or inflation-linked policies. This could prove crucial, as many policyholders do not understand the implications of buying th...

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