Almost half, 48%, of over-50s are unfamiliar with what lifetime annuities are and how they compare to other annuity products.

L&G has launched a digital application process for annuities which it says will save Financial Planners and advisers up to 14 days on each intermediated/advised application.

One in eight people intending to purchase an annuity would not consider switching from their existing pension provider to another supplier, even if they could potentially gain additional retirement income.

Retirement provider Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, has reported a business boost from the growing popularity of annuities.

The IHT changes announced in the Autumn Budget have triggered a shift in the advice that IFAs are providing to their clients, according to a new study.

Annuity incomes have surged to a 16-year high as the market booms, according to the latest data from Hargreaves Lansdown’s annuity search engine.

Sales of pension annuity contracts jumped 24% in 2024 to 89,600, according to new data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Behavioural finance firm Oxford Risk has launched new retirement income suitability software to help Financial Planners and advisers meet the FCA's stricter requirements in the wake of last year’s thematic review.

The turmoil in the bond markets has caused annuity incomes to soar by almost 50% in the last three years, new data shows.

Legal & General Retail has reported its annuity sales have reached an all-time high of £2bn so far this year amid industry figures revealing annuity sales jumped 50% year on year in the first half.

Average annuity rates for a healthy 65-year-old have increased by around 2.5% since January, according to the latest Standard Life Annuity Rate Tracker.

Industry collaboration fintech Origo has signed up 10 annuity providers to its recently launched Origo Annuity Transfer Tracking service.

Mutual pensions firm and life insurer Royal London has today confirmed its entry into the bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market.

There's an urgent need for better at-retirement support, according to former pensions minister Steve Webb, who has called on the FCA to speed up its advice/guidance review.

There was a record high in demand for annuities from advisers in the first half of the year, according to figures published today by pensions technology provider iPipeline.