Annuity rates reach 15-year highs in 2025

Analysis finds guaranteed income for life rates see 70% increase compared to four years ago

Martin Richmond
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Annuity rates reach 15-year highs in 2025

Annuity rates reached 15-year highs in the first quarter of 2025, analysis from Just Group shows.

The insurer's analysis found a healthy person investing £50,000 of pension cash into the "top-paying" single-life annuity would receive an annual income of £3,765 (at a rate of 7.5%) at age 65, £4,...

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