Aegon

Lincoln Financial Group has unveiled its new flexible pension solution, which caters for both the accumulation and decumulation periods of retirement.

The cost of buying-out defined benefit pension liabilities has reduced significantly over the last 18 months as the marketplace becomes more competitive, says Paternoster.

A simple solution to allow Group Personal Pensions to gain exemption from personal accounts without breaching the EU Distance Marketing Directive already exists in the industry, claims Aegon.

Aegon is continuing to expand its distribution arrangements following a deal adding the provider to the select choice panel offered by Barclays Financial Planning.

Aegon has teamed up with UBS Global Asset Management to offer a joint proposition which will extend its presence in the bulk annuity market.

Aegon has increased the value of new business by 77% in the first quarter of 2007, with life and pensions new business growing 37% to £297m API.

Aegon has announced a new distribution deal with Dunfermline Building Society for its life assurance and protection products.

IFA firm Positive Solutions has published its annual financial figures and accounts to reveal pre-tax operating profit in 2006 passed the £10m mark.

Only one in ten companies over the next three years are expected to remove their pension scheme liabilities, suggesting an increase in providers has not boosted business within the bulk annuity market.

Enhancements to pension transfer values is a practice which has been warned against by the industry for a while, but have recent decisions by government bodies and departments to crack down on the practice actually killed it off?