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Annuities
What topics are covered in this chapter?
- Shopping around for the best deal
- Inflation protection
- Providing for a spouse or partner after your death
- Guaranteed annuity payments
- How do I want to be paid?
- Annuities for smokers
- Annuities for people in poor health
- Fixed-term annuities
- Investment-linked annuities: with-profits annuities
- Investment-linked annuities: variable annuities
Shopping around for the best deal
If you are one of the majority of people who will end up buying an annuity, then if there is only one piece of advice that you take from this book, it should be this – shop around for the best deal you can find. Choosing the right annuity is arguably the most important decision relating to your pension that you will ...
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