pensions

State pensions must be reformed to help women and poorer people in particular, Stephen Haddrill, director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said on Monday.

EQUITABLE LIFE has dropped a demand all 15 former directors it is suing for £1.7bn should sign up to a settlement to bring its protracted legal battle with them to an end, reports The Daily Telegrap

Six out of ten people have no plans to review their pensions arrangement ahead of A-Day, according to a survey conducted by Norwich & Peterborough Building Society.

Raising the retirement age to 70 should form part of a package of measures to stave off a pensions impasse, business leaders said today.

TOP INSURANCE companies are calling for urgent talks with the FSA over the possible risks to customers of the government's drive to allow more choice for pension investment from next year, says the Scotsman .

Pension charges may rise after the removal of RU64 but this is not necessarily a bad thing, industry figures say.

IFAs must review their clients and speak to those who will be affected by A-Day, according to the FSA.

EQUITABLE LIFE chairman Vanni Treves has recently considered resigning from his post, according to this morning's papers.

GOVERNMENT FINANCES are expected to miss Budget forecasts even though they improved in August, according to this morning's papers.

Pensions reform features heavily in this morning's papers with the government's tax plans coming under fire and pensions fund trustees being warned they could face legal action fior failing to take their share from US securities class actions.