Annuities

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Although A-day seems to have encouraged more people to take advantage of the Open Market Option for annuities, more still needs to be done warns Just Retirement.

Almost 80% of advisers still plan to recommend Alternatively Secured Pensions to their clients despite the proposed charges put forward in the pre-Budget Report in December.

BeatThatQuote.com, the two-year-old lead generation business, has broken into the annuities market for the first time, promising to match consumers with best quotes.

The Exchange's decision to introduce fixed term annuities as a new category is an early sign of the "major revolution" set to transform the retirement income market, says fixed term annuity provider Living Time.

Despite a rise in the amount of savings invested in annuities over the last year, 60% of consumers are failing to use the Open Market Option.

Zurich has announced it is exploring the possibility of selling its closed book of annuity business.

Fund choices in the personal accounts regime will to some extent be deliberately restricted because most consumers either do not want or do not understand choices put before them.

If the government decides to abolish or alter alternatively secured pensions in the pre-Budget Report, pensioners will be left with no choice but annuities past the age of 75, but are these still a viable proposition?

The UK government's gilt issuing policy may not only be affecting annuity values but also the prospects of deferred members of pension schemes which are winding up.