Three things your clients may call you about this week …

‘My dad's pension should have been £83 a month - he got just £8.36 thanks to a Scottish Widows error' Headlines such as the one introducing this Telegraph article are enough to prompt any client to get in touch seeking reassurance about their pension arrangements. The piece tells the story of pensioner Derek Maguire, who for more than a decade before his death in 2014 was paid a tenth of the annuity he should have been receiving from Scottish Widows. A spokesperson for the insurance giant told the Telegraph this was down to "human error", which meant the annuity was set up incorrectly,...