Exclusive: M&G re-enters annuity market

The provider exited the annuity market in 2017 but is now selling a fixed-term product to advisers. M&G has re-entered the annuity market eight years after it stopped selling the retirement products, Citywire can reveal. The provider is launching a fixed-term annuity term product (between five to 15 years) for advisers’ clients, with a minimum lump-sum investment of £10,000. The launch …

Retirement ProfessionalsExclusive: M&G re-enters annuity market

Annuity sales reach 10-year high

Market forces combine to create an attractive environment for annuity sales. Annuity sales have reached a 10-year high and rose 24% from 2023 to 2024.  Research from the Association of British Insurers shows that 89,600 pension annuity contracts were sold last year, representing a 24% increase on 2023. The total value of those sales, £7bn, also jumped from the year …

Retirement ProfessionalsAnnuity sales reach 10-year high

Annuity sales soar to £7bn in 2024 with more retirees taking advice

More joint life and inflation-linked policies purchased Total annuity sales reached £7bn in 2004, an increase of 34% year-on-year, according to latest data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Some 89,600 annuity contracts were written in 2024 surpassing last year’s total and reaching a new ten-year high, the body said. The ABI’s data also showed more annuity purchases occurred …

Retirement ProfessionalsAnnuity sales soar to £7bn in 2024 with more retirees taking advice

Gilt yield drama makes rising annuity rates ‘hard to ignore’

Dramatic spike in government borrowing costs January started in dramatic fashion for government borrowing with a significant cost spike which saw the 15-year gilt yield standing at 5.17%, compared to 4.23% on the same date the previous year. Uncertainty about the performance of the UK economy and the ramifications for inflation after Donald Trump returns to the White House are …

Retirement ProfessionalsGilt yield drama makes rising annuity rates ‘hard to ignore’