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NAPF: Pension providers must push retirees towards advice

IFAonline | 06 Feb 2012 | 14:00

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) must force pension providers to push retirees towards specialist annuity advice, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has said.

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NAPF proposes national annuity brokerage

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has proposed a nationalised brokerage system to help retirees get the best annuity rate and reform the current “toxic system”.

IFAonline | 06 Feb 2012 | 10:15
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Insurers warn of premiums hike as FSA fees climb

Insurers have warned of a fresh hike in premiums for millions of customers after the regulator hit the financial services industry with an inflation-busting 15.6% rise in annual fees.

IFAonline | 03 Feb 2012 | 16:15

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Protection products most complex - ABI

Critical illness (CI) and mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) are among the most complicated financial products for consumers to understand, the ABI has found.

Cover | 30 Jan 2012 | 13:15
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Where (and who) next for AIFA?

Cash poor, unpopular and without a director-general, AIFA members are beginning to call for radical measures to rescue the organisation.

Professional Adviser | 26 Jan 2012 | 08:00
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Improving shopping around for a retirement income

In December the ABI launched a consultation into improving the shopping around process for retirement income. Helen Morrissey asks whether the proposed processes go far enough to solve this issue.

Retirement Planner | 18 Jan 2012 | 12:23
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Product design - Time for a change

How hard is it to design disability-based protection products in 2012, asks Andy Milburn.

Cover | 17 Jan 2012 | 12:21
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Blog: Is it any wonder Gay quit the Impossible Job?

Understatement coming up: Stephen Gay was not universally welcomed as the director-general of the Association of IFAs (AIFA).

IFAonline | 13 Jan 2012 | 12:23
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Stephen Gay quits AIFA after just 14 months

Stephen Gay is to leave AIFA after just 14 months to join the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

IFAonline | 13 Jan 2012 | 10:35
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Shock as Stephen Gay quits AIFA for ABI

AIFA director general Stephen Gay is to leave the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) to become director of life, savings and protection at the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

IFAonline | 13 Jan 2012 | 10:07
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GPs increasingly aiding insurance fraud

Doctors are increasingly assisting insurance fraud alongside other professionals such as solicitors and vets, police have revealed.

Cover | 04 Jan 2012 | 12:05
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RP poll: Should providers send unsolicited annuity illustrations to clients?

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Should annuity providers be prevented from sending out unsolicited own rate illustrations to clients.

Retirement Planner | 04 Jan 2012 | 10:38
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Three things we learned this week

Retirement Planner's round up of the top pensions stories of the week.

Retirement Planner | 04 Jan 2012 | 10:29

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