Aegon

Provider paid out £116m over 12 months

ARC platform DFMs total 17

'Value of advice has never been greater'

Do you ask clients the right questions?

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has dismissed a widow's complaint that Aegon mis-sold her late husband an annuity that meant she got next to nothing when he died suddenly.

Sustainability models need to be calibrated to today's world

Conversely, advisers see £30k as viable sum to trigger advice

Providers rated for income protection and family income benefit offerings

Aegon faces a complaints showdown with a widow who believed the pension provider gave her late husband unauthorised advice that lost her access to his retirement pot.

Aegon has said it will leave life company trade body the Association of British Insurers (ABI) at the end of the year, and instead lobby the government and regulators directly.