The number of annuity-related complaints handled by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) between April and June has dropped to lower levels than before pension freedoms were introduced, while all other pension complaints were on the rise.
In the four quarters prior to the announcement of the pension reforms by then-Chancellor George Osborne in April 2014, the average number of new annuity cases was 150 per quarter. Between April and...
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