Fixed term annuities

Just Retirement has announced a ‘record' Q4 with a 29% increase in total group sales at £1,464m.

LV= has seen 25% growth across its retirement business over the first half of 2012.

Fixed-term annuities have faced some criticism recently, Helen Morrissey asks whether it is justified

Fiona Murphy goes through this month's Inquiry on growth in the annuity market

LV= has added a break clause to its fixed term annuity product which allows retirees to exit should their circumstances change.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the week's top pension stories.

Fixed term annuity (FTA) provider Living Time will relaunch as Primetime Retirement in Q1 this year.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Lord Lipsey voiced concerns in the House of Lords last week that the Dilnot proposals "were in danger of going down the pan." Do you believe we need to refocus on the issue of long term care funding?

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we asked: Where do you see the main areas of growth in the annuity market?

Vince Smith-Hughes discusses the difference between fixed-term annuities and annuity products