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Barrie & Hibbert recently carried out a survey about QIS5 for Solvency II. Here, they publish the survey findings.

Alternative Approach To Lifestyle Financial Planning Puts Customer in Control

City Finance Expert Pioneers New Alternative System From Money Guru Paul Armson

AEGON says the Government’s consultation on ending the effective requirement to purchase an annuity at age 75 by 2011, is a significant step towards making pensions legislation fit for retirement in the 21st century.

AEGON welcomes today’s announcement by the Department of Work and Pensions of a ‘thorough and speedy review’ of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions.

JLT designs and builds standalone version of BenPal Pension Modeller for iPhone & iPad

County Association Calls for Rejection Of Plan Allowing “Double-Dipping” On Buyout and Retirement Benefits; Urges Taxpayers to Let County Legislators Know Proposed Raid on Public Treasury Is Irresponsible and Unacceptable

UK has the second lowest savings rate of all OECD countries1 with 13 million people in the UK saving inadequately or not saving at all2

AEGON today launched aegontennis.co.uk – a new tennis website which has been designed to support AEGON’s partnership with British Tennis, as well as become essential browsing for followers of the game in Britain.

New website explains to customers everything they need to know about protection claims

• Increase in couples over 60 getting divorced • Pension provision more frequently left to men in divorce settlements

AEGON N.V. has today reported results for the first quarter of 2010. Within this, AEGON has reported on the performance of its UK operations.

Tele-claims now available across income protection, waiver of premium and total and permanent disability.

A guest speaker will visit Sweet Water at Largo (www.SweetWaterAssistedLiving.com) as part of a May 12 Open House, 2-4 p.m., to answer questions about how veterans and their surviving spouses can qualify for additional monthly income from the VA.

Aegon reveals 65% of advisers say active promotion of quality pension schemes would minimise ‘levelling down’ and in run up to auto-enrolment, over half (52%) of IFAs think employers will need greater communication.

AEGON has produced a new guide to help advisers understand everything they need to know about protection claims, ensuring cases of non-disclosure are reduced further.

Aegon say 81 per cent of people think pensions are more important (38 per cent) or of at least the same importance (43 per cent) in this general election compared to the last election

A large number of price driven protection is bought through internet distributors AEGON highlights top tips to help protection advisers differentiate themselves and win business

AEGON experts discuss current challenges and highlight opportunities for advisers through online audio podcasts

JLT broadens its service offering with a new online platform for managing DC pensions and employee benefits

Each year, just under 300,000 male pensioners are unwittingly denying their wives a comfortable retirement when they die because they are not taking the right advice when purchasing an annuity with their pension savings.

Confirmation in today’s Budget that there will be no further changes to pension tax relief in the short term is welcome news according to AEGON.

AEGON has created a dedicated online support centre to help advisers prepare their business for implementation of the Retail Distribution Review proposals.

AEGON has today published claims data which show an increase in the value of life protection and critical illness claims paid in 2009.

Nairn’s Oatcakes has joined up with leading life and pensions company AEGON to provide a healthy start to the day for primary school pupils at Niddrie Mill and St Francis, as part of the AEGON Breakfast Club programme.

Martin Hellier joins Creative Benefit Solutions in the role of Client Manager.

A recent Prudential survey says women retiring this year will be living on an average pension of £234 a week, falling two-thirds short of that of their male counterparts; something that could spell difficulty for those women who lose their husbands.

When you are considering retirement, it is important to prepare and plan the income that you want when you are no longer working. The market is a minefield of retirment products - Here's a guide.

Britain is heading inexorably towards a financial crisis which will dwarf anything we have seen so far in this recession – with generations of accumulated and inherited wealth being lost forever, fears Dick Lumsden.

Perhaps one positive thing to come out of the Pre-Budget Report was the April 2010 state pension rise. But those who saw it as a positive may wish to reconsider considering the rise will not apply to SERPS and other similar pension top ups.

Pensioners can now find out within seconds, if any pension money is waiting to be claimed. "Finding lost and forgotten pension money couldn't be any easier or more fun” says Palonek.

Birmingham based Viceroy Invest teams up with leading Jatropha Green Oil producer in assisting their investors to benefit from the ever-growing demand for Green Oil.

53% A YEAR ‘CASH ON CASH’ RETURNS* Your investment is asset-backed: you own specific trees which are insured against all perils throughout the 16-year programme. Within a SIPP (self invested personal pension) scheme, the returns are all tax free.

Ecoforests has decided to branch out and establish a new partner in the UK and are pleased to appoint Birmingham based Viceroy Invest to help and serve it's British clients with any concerns and questions regarding their teak tree investment program.

Aviva insurance, savings, investments and pensions. Get an online insurance quote now, from the official Aviva website

LONDON – Allen & Overy's market-leading pensions team today launches www.pensionstalk.co.uk, a blog dedicated to legal and practice developments in the UK pensions industry.

All new customers with four or more years' no claims discount will qualify (except Rapid Bonus and business car customers).

UK expats have had pension transfers to offshore investments in Gibraltar suspended in a row between the taxman and Gibraltar pension providers over income tax.

Online legal resource launches video FAQs for UK SMEs

Wogan in new Pensioners on-line start up. We are creating a large senior community, with a new spirit and a new attitude to adulthood.

Prudential survey reports that many financial advisers are not convinced that their clients' retirement planning is on course

Highlights from the Foundations & Endowments and US Pensions Summits which featured the leaders in the investments arena including keynotes Dr. Alan Greenspan, Bradley Belt and Charles Blahous III.

Dr Alan Greenspan shared his views on the current state of the economy and the road to recovery at the Foundations & Endowments and US Pensions Summits.

This site is Free of Charge to all subscribers and is intended to help expats around the world who feel that they would benefit from getting the correct advice

Prudential UK transforms its consumer website, into a retirement income resource hub

Accountants Baulkham Hills Website is site for a group of accountants in the Baulkham Hills area. We deal with Tax GST BAS and general accounting and bookkeeping.

As we teeter on the edge of a pensions black hole which threatens to engulf us all in a poverty stricken old age, the European bureaucrats have thrown yet another spanner in the works, writes Dick Lumsden

Scottish Widows today announces the appointment of Simon Massey as Intermediaries Director, with effect from 1 January 2009

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Social Security benefits continue to fall short year after year putting retirees at greater risk from inflation, while a disproportionate percentage of their income is spent on soaring medical costs.