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Why do people accept a lifetime pay cut when buying an annuity (or pension)?

  The individual facing retirement faces the daunting choices of investment pathways taking them to various destinations , none of which are “obvious choices”. About one in ten people who have the freedom to take these pathways chooses an annuity. … Continue reading

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The price of being sick in the head

  “Sick in the head”? The phrase doesn’t quite work for Tina – a 38 year old Mum who suffered from post-natal depression and then found her life and critical illness insurances 30% more expensive than if she hadn’t declared … Continue reading

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