Five retirement stories you might have missed

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In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

Thoresen: Insurers ‘can deliver' Osborne's pension advice promise   The insurance industry is capable of cost effectively delivering the Chancellor's ‘retirement advice for all' pledge, but passing the "impartially test" would be challenging, Otto Thoresen told MPs. Speaking at a Treasury Select Committee hearing on Tuesday, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) director general said impartiality was "critical". He told members: "I am very alive to this being something that has to pass the test of public opinion. I do think the industry could deliver this and deliver it cost effe...

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