Aegon

Aegon has said it will leave life company trade body the Association of British Insurers (ABI) at the end of the year, and instead lobby the government and regulators directly.

Aegon has initiated a review of its annuity business in the UK.

Former Standard Life head of workplace proposition Ann Flynn has joined Towers Watson as a senior consultant.

The pensions industry breathed a collective sigh of relief as the government said it would not introduce a secondary annuities market until 2017.

The government has delayed plans to let pensioners cash in annuities until 2017.

People looking to trade in their annuities for cash should be obliged to take independent financial advice, industry pundits agree.

Prudential has revealed who will join independent chairman Lawrence Churchill on its independent governance committee (IGC).

Aegon UK has revealed the remaining members of its Independent Governance Committee (IGC).

From the end of April almost 26,000 members on Workplace Aegon Retirement Choices (ARC) will be able to see the value of their workplace savings with Aegon through the Retiready interface.

Ian Pittaway has been appointed chairman of Aegon UK's independent governance committee (IGC).