For younger readers, MIRAS was Mortgage Interest Relief at Source. A scheme allowing UK homeowners to receive tax relief on…
We bought our present house more than forty years ago. The newspapers all said "Buy as expensive a house as…
The RF approach is probably close to what Andy Burnham would like to happen, but the mood music at present…
The economic background is challenging and guidance can be found in the recent report The RF report’s key findings are:…
Tag Archives: Aviva
“Irresponsible behaviour from providers” – what’s Torsten Bell referring to?
There really are many more important things that we can devote our time to do than worrying about how pension taxation will change in the budget. I’m with Torsten Bell, all this speculation isn’t doing anybody any good Continue reading
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Game set and match to the Life Insurers
Use Of Longevity Swaps And Buy-Ins And Other Unforced Errors Game Set and Match to the Life Insurers The Example of Aviva Plc: Life Insurer and DB Sponsor Strong Margins. Buried Losses Life Lessons For Us All This is … Continue reading
And these life companies had mutual intent? Some can remember, some can return it.
Standard Life – an insurer adrift. Standard Life has “bought into” ReAsurre’s Midco Pension Scheme. I have written about this and you can read it here. I have published the excellent comment received on my email yesterday. It came on … Continue reading
Capital punishment, 24 years on
In 2002 a falling market nearly sank UK life insurers. Today the same crash would barely move them. Gordon Aitken Jun 23, 2026 Note: These are Gordon Aitken’s personal views and do not constitute investment advice. See full disclaimer below. … Continue reading
Later Life Lending with the Equity Release Council
I am not an adviser of, nor do I work for a provider of, but I am a beneficiary of equity release. Our family has gone from property rich but cash short to happily in balance because of a mortgage … Continue reading
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Come on Aviva – get your act together!
I have been involved in this peripherally. The story was broken by Steve Webb in the Daily Mail and it doesn’t seem to be going away. There is clearly fault from Gavin H’s employer but it is the standards of … Continue reading
The Pensions Minister involved in sorting Gavin’s salary sacrifice mix-up.
There is more to Gavin H’s story; here is the latest episode.
Retiring with Aviva is not as easy as they make you think!
Gavin H’s struggle with Aviva to get his tax relief paid into his Aviva DC pot was taken up by Steve Webb in Money Mail in March. It was not until April that it became clear that the victim is … Continue reading
When tax incentives go unpaid to those buying workplace pensions!
This is an article from This is Money , published in March 2026 – you can read the original here You can read the story of the man who asked Steve Webb the question when he found out he’d been … Continue reading
Just, L&G, Aviva, USS and Hymans write to Reeves explaining how to finance UK growth
Keating and Aubrey told us how gilts could not do the job. Last September Thomas Aubrey and Con Keating highlighted the inanity of the Government’s plan to finance with gilts the growth needed for new towns and growth that is … Continue reading
Yes - but particularly in terms of pensions we need to support existing employers and help them thrive and grow.…