Category Archives: General
04
2012
You do have various annuity options to choose from when you buy your annuity, and, before you buy your annuity with your hard earned pension fund, you must give a great deal of thought to selecting the right annuity options. The annuity you …
01
2012
Just recently, the House of Lords Committee questioned the Bank of England governor on the impact of QE pension schemes and annuities. Sir Mervyn King has refuted accusations that the QE asset purchase programme used to inject additional liquidity into the financial system has …
27
2012
There are millions of people now in their retirement that should now be enjoying a significantly higher pension with an enhanced annuity if only they had shopped around for a better annuity deal at retirement. If you’re nearing your retirement, make sure you don’t …
19
2012
They’re at it again. Guaranteed annuity rates last time, guarantees this time. Equitable Life is looking to remove valuable guarantees from around 400,000 with-profits customers. It is going to road-test a policyholder vote, and will offer to boost customer’s funds …
18
2012
Many hundreds of thousands of pension savers in the UK looking to buy a pension annuity shortly are facing a painful double whammy because of new EU rules, one of Britain’s top insurance companies has warned. New “unisex” rules will mean lower annuity incomes for …
17
2012
Older people relying on a pension annuity for their all important retirement income could be set to see the pension annuity rates they receive decline even further in the coming months and years. The last ten years has seen a …
16
2012
Retirement specialist and enhanced annuity rates provider LV= has today announced increases of as much as 20% on its Pension Income Plus Annuity rates (PIPA). This is an investment linked annuity which gives customers the opportunity to have a competitive amount of initial annuity …
11
2012
It is not just the annuity rate that’s important, you need to get the right type of pension annuity when shopping around, and the shape of the income is also very important. Many retirees actually fail to make proper provision for loved ones after …
10
2012
Don’t take a pay cut when you retire, says Fidelity. Don’t lose out on pension annuity rates. Retirees could be throwing away over 20% of their pension savings, simply by failing to shop around using the open market option for the best retirement …
07
2012
In a fresh challenge to the high street banks in the area of pension annuities, Nationwide Building Society have just announced that they are entering the pensions market by selling pension annuities for the first time. Consumers who are nearing their retirement and …


