Annuity

The financial regulator is launching a review into whether people who are retiring are getting a "fair deal" when buying annuities.

This year's retirees face living off the lowest average incomes in six years.

Friday wasn't just meant to be the end of the world, it was also the day when insurers were banned from using a customer's gender to calculate insurance prices.

Young women can beat likely price hikes by getting car insurance now, as costs are likely to soar for many in December.

Millions of young Britons are more likely to understand a foreign language than pensions jargon, a study suggests.

The long-term retired are having to "knock lumps" out of their nest eggs just to get by, pensioners' groups warned today, as a report found saving pots for the over-75s have almost halved in the last two years.

A further £50 billion was injected into the economy today as the UK struggles to pull out of its double-dip recession and the eurozone debt crisis intensifies.

Three years of rock-bottom interest rates will pass today with little sign that the Bank of England is set to ease up on its emergency support.

The cash pensioners get in retirement, when they trade their pension pot in for a regular income, known as buying an annuity, is falling. Sadly, Bob Bullivant (right), chief executive of retirement specialist Annuity Direct, thinks the rates people will get could fall further. Here, he explains what you can do...

Pensioners could soon get a reduced income when buying a retirement cash stream, experts warn.