Tag Archives: Equitable Life Assurance Society

GARs – a simpler way out for insurers…

This blog offers insurers a simple way out of the problem they have with Guaranteed Annuity Rates- it means paying the reserved for value of the policy rather than the (lower) investment value of the contributions. By way of explanation.. … Continue reading

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Why your personal pension/FSAVC may be worthless.

The question that the insurers and possibly the law courts need to answer is whether they will compensate their policyholders for mis-buying?
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DC- where it all went wrong for the fund managers

No- not a 10.000 word dissertation – this is a quick romp through the past ten years of DC provision in the UK which concludes with a few words on where we are today.

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