Annuities

Some protection and private medical insurance (PMI) providers could be forced to immediately close to new business on 1 March when a European Court decision on gender underwriting is announced.

Helen Morrissey asks what the future holds for the variable annuity market and how that will affect the third way sector as a whole

Pension providers have been told to make sure they encourage customers to shop around before offering them an annuity.

Today's quarterly FSA consultation paper (CP) provides a valuable opportunity to explore better ways of communicating income drawdown risk to investors, pensions experts say.

Tom McPhail gives his top five pension risks for 2011

Annuity reform has by and large been welcomed. Helen Morrissey takes a look at how these changes will affect how people access their retirement income and asks if the rise in tax for those in income drawdown on death with bring problems

Now just hold on a minute, has the coalition actually done rather a good job with pension reform so far?

Prudential deputy chief executive Barry O'Dwyer has welcomed the Treasury's new draft rules for retirement options, but warns there may be problems ahead for value guaranteed annuities.

The government has today published details of the changes it intends to introduce to remove the effective requirement to annuities by age 75 from 6 April 2011.

Access to new flexible drawdown pensions will be restricted to people with a lifetime pension income of a minimum of £20,000 a year, the Treasury says.