annuitants


How did the world's oldest life assurer fall so dramatically from grace? We chart the major events since 1999.

Two financial experts argue the case for and against the annuity system.

The Prudential insurance company has come to the rescue of 50,000 policy holders with the stricken Equitable Life pension firm.

The issue of compulsory annuities will be reviewed, the government pledges, after another defeat in the Lords over the rule.

A move to scrap rules that force pensioners to buy an annuity at the age of 75 is backed by the House of Lords, defeating the government.

More than 700 pensioners are to issue a multi-million pound claim against Equitable Life.

A group of Equitable Life annuitants with the troubled society are planning to sue for compensation.

A group of Equitable Life annuitants with the troubled society are planning to sue for compensation, it has emerged.

In the second of a two part series, Malcolm Wicks, pensions minister, answers BBC News Online readers' questions.

A few months after the troubled insurer Equitable Life declared itself out of "intensive care" members have their say.

Equitable Life loses all five lead cases at the Financial Ombudsman Service, in decisions which could affect many policyholders.

Charles Thomson, chief executive of Equitable Life, is to meet angry customers on the eve of cuts to some of their pensions.

The Financial Services Authority says it is backing troubled insurer Equitable Life and it should not be wound up.

Policyholders with Equitable Life must prepare for the possibility that the insurer will become insolvent, an expert warns.

Your retirement income could be decided by your postcode and lifestyle if new plans take off.

Equitable asks members if they will accept a cut in their existing pension, in the hope that the troubled insurer will be able to pay more later.

Equitable Life is at the High Court to seek approval of its compromise deal which is aimed at capping its liabilities.

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