Category Archives: General
08
2012
Experts are suggesting that there are going to be some serious issues to face for those clients who entered into income drawdown instead of an annuity for their retirement income. A number of retirees in income drawdown who have seen their income …
05
2012
Should we have streamlined pension annuity underwriting? Recent data from the ABI shows that about 19% of pension annuity contracts sold in 2011 were enhanced annuities, which is up from around 13.6% in 2010 and about 9.3% in 2009. Industry estimates of the …
04
2012
In the pension annuities market enhanced annuities are important, and more people should be aware of the benefits they can offer. A report by the Pensions Policy Institute (PP) on the subject of retirement income and assets, looking at the various implications for retirement …
03
2012
There is an important role for technology in the pension annuities market. Technology is enabling providers of pension annuities to understand more about the complicated interplay between people’s health, their lifestyle and any medical treatment they are getting - the various factors that …
02
2012
Most retirees could actually benefit from delaying buying an annuity, increasing their annual retirement income by over 25% at the age of 75, according to a recent research paper coming from Alliance Bernstein. Their research suggests that, in normal markets, its strategy, which goes by the …
02
2012
Industry experts have said that millions of people in the UK are missing out on higher enhanced annuity rates. These people qualify for a higher retirement income, but a large number of them still cope on smaller pension funds because they have failed …
01
2012
The income from a pension annuity just isn’t good enough for many. Lower annuity rates are beginning to bite for many retirees. Indeed, about half of the UK’s over 50s might be forced to work for more than ten years beyond their state …
01
2012
The Treasury Select Committee’s (TSC) quantitative easing (QE) verdict may force the government to compensate pensioners with pension annuity plans. Someone, somewhere in parliament has recognised that pension savers have become the fall guys with the latest round of QE. Lower interest rates …
29
2012
Getting you the best annuity rates and the best annuity quotes is what this website is all about. We encourage the use of the open market option, and we’ll help you shop around for a better deal at retirement. It’s …
27
2012
What a question: can insurance companies cope with pension annuities? Well, ageing populations are one of the biggest threats to sovereign balance sheets and insurance companies (especially those offering pension annuities), a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has …
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