If there’s one thing that car insurance companies like, it’s an older driver – although their preferences are guided purely by statistics: older drivers have fewer accidents, and the ones they have also tend to be less serious. That means there are plenty of companies vying for your business. Which makes it even more puzzling […]

The UK has lagged behind many other countries around the world in offering a wide choice of housing dedicated to the needs and tastes of older people – but the market is now starting to catch up. The benefits can be significant:  not least, effectively “downsizing” from a family home can release additional funds with […]

As we get older, so the likelihood grows of us developing medical conditions. And while the most serious conditions are usually best dealt with within the NHS, the waiting lists associated with some procedures can make the concept of private medical healthcare highly appealing – especially as this will allow you to undergo the procedure […]

Who needs a boring old annuity now that – from April 2015 – we will have the new pension flexibility? That must be the question many people are asking themselves, especially those heading towards the “magic 55” mark when they can choose where to convert their pension pot into a much wider range of products… […]

The abiding principle of a life insurance policy – to provide financial help to the family of the deceased – has remained intact since the very first policy was issued over 300 years ago. Now, of course, there is a huge choice of different policies – and providers – and that can make it difficult […]

Being able to choose where we spend the last years of our life is something many of us strive for… so how can you give yourself the best chance of achieving that? By Tony Watts OBE. One of the biggest concerns for most people in retirement is whether or not their savings and pensions will […]

LONDON, 3 September, 2014: RetireEasy, which created the UK’s leading financial planning software program for retirees, has appointed Tony Watts OBE as a board director. Mr Watts, who was awarded an OBE earlier this year for his voluntary work on behalf of older people, chairs the South West Forum on Ageing and helps steer the […]

This was the message delivered to journalists by the pensions minister Steve Webb last week and perhaps a signal that the Government are a little worried that within a month of the Election a pensions fiasco could develop in April when customers request to cash-in their pension plans and the pension providers refuse to do […]

Yes it’s General Election year again, writes Tony Watts OBE. And, as we know, Older People are the demographic that can be expected to vote in numbers. So expect the “ante” to be cranked up between here and May. But what ARE the issues that will sway the grey vote? There is often a suspicion […]

New analysis from Age UK has warned of “significant numbers of people running out of money” in retirement. So could the free online retirement planner from RetireEasy.co.uk help many avoid falling into that trap? By Tony Watts OBE, Director of RetireEasy.co.uk.   Research from Age UK (published 10 January) reveals that the long awaited pension […]