UK - The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has welcomed the Government's consultation paper on modernising annuities, but said that the public should recognise that the proposed death benefit option should come at "a price".
The ACA described the option to buy annuities which return the balance of a fund on death as “perfectly feasible”. However, the Association added that the lump sum balance paid out on death shou...
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