OMO failure costing pensioners £1.4bn a year

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FAILURE to promote the open market option is costing pensioners around £1.4bn a year and leaving advisers and insurers exposed to mis-selling claims, Rockingham Retirement warns.

The retirement income firm said - although the Financial Services Authority requires pension providers to inform their customers of the OMO - the option needed to be actively promoted to ensure pen...

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