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Retirement Planner's roundup of the top pensions stories this week.

Health Insurers were the subject of just 122 complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the first six months of this year.

As the government renewed its attempt to push forward the Health and Social Care Bill it has published a list of ten myths which it claims are being used to de-rail its progress.

An employment tribunal ruling in favour of a gay couple fighting for pension rights could clear the way for a challenge in the European Court of Justice, a lawyer claims.

Around one third of employees will opt out of pensions when auto-enrolment comes into force after 2012, Legal & General (L&G) says.

The Health and Social Care Bill has returned to Parliament to discuss Government plans over the NHS.

A financial services marketing expert has suggested consumers care very little about the status of their adviser and criticised the FSA's choice of terminology on the issue.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has vowed short service refunds will not be part of the future pensions landscape, and warned employers not to factor them in when selecting a scheme.

Ascentric sales and marketing director Richard Goodall has resigned after two years with the business.