Solvency II

Retirement Planner's round up of the top pensions stories.

The UK insurance industry is urging the FSA to push ahead with some parts of the Solvency II regime at the start of 2013, despite the fact the rest of the continent is likely to delay until 2014.

Almost 30 million protection policies were in force last year with consumers receiving over £32m per day in benefits, according to the ABI.

With annuity rates hitting 20-year lows, people reaching retirement age face a stormy future, writes Billy Burrows, director of Better Retirement Group.

From June 2013, a new piece of tax regulation could have a serious impact on your business.

The European Parliament has backed calls for the implementation of Solvency II to be delayed until 2014, a year later than planned.

Andrew Tully assesses the potential impact of Solvency II.

The Council of the European Union has proposed to delay the implementation of Solvency II until 1 January 2014, a year later than planned.

Andrew Tully discusses the potential impact of Solvency II

Mary Stewart looks at how scheme pension should also be considered as a retirement income option alongside capped and flexible drawdown