£130m annuity income lost as push to shop around fails

Pensions Policy Institute says £7,000 per £100,000 pension pot could have been gained

Hope William-Smith
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£130m annuity income lost as push to shop around fails

Industry prompts introduced in 2018 to encourage pension savers to shop around for the best annuity provider have fallen flat, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) says.

Findings from the institute published today (30 September) show there was £130m in "lost" annuity income during 2019 related to savers' lack of research. This was based on PPI calculations - sup...

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