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Tomorrow’s retirees want guaranteed income — but not at any price
Decision clears way for insurers to rid themselves of old businesses
Guaranteed income in old age makes sense but stumbling blocks remain for sponsors and workers
How will your retirement finances change BC and AC — before and after coronavirus?
Provider reviewing 183,000 annuity sales after being fined by regulator
Retirees do not expect a pension group they chose for supposed stability to flog their life savings
UK insurer rebuked over using large bonuses and spa breaks as staff incentives
Decision to block annuity deal contains ‘material errors of law’
Future transfers could be at risk unless ruling to block £12bn sale to Rothesay is overturned
Investing for good gains traction, but the yields on oil stocks remain compelling
Savings pots producing much lower annuity incomes
Ruling raises questions about potential impact on future major deals in life insurance market
Insurer boosted by UK’s biggest ever bulk deal amid market boom
FCA criticises insurer for some telephone sales practices between 2008 and 2016
Record numbers use the value tied up in their property to fund retirement
Broker-dealers are at loggerheads over scrapped payments
UK companies rush to pass on unwanted schemes on to insurance groups
Insurer takes on Canadian group’s UK liabilities after funds boosted by insolvency case
Insurer agrees deal with UK ‘bad bank’ for 6,200 loans from legacy books of failed lenders
The deal, which covers 22,000 pensioners, is the UK’s biggest bulk annuity buy-in
£18bn of pensions promises expected to be transferred to insurers this year
Some experts say variable annuities are too complicated and offer a poor deal for consumers
Check that your spouse hasn’t freed their pension and spent the lot
Groups attracted to sector that offers access to permanent capital and private credit
Prudential in talks over sale of portfolio likely to be worth £1bn-£1.5bn
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