Savers rush to withdraw money from pension pots

Savers have withdrawn £1.8 billion in the first two months of the pension freedoms, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers. In April and May, savers took out £1 billion in 65,000 cash withdrawals from pension pots. The average pot taken was £15,500. There have also been 170,000 withdrawals from income drawdown policies, […]
e-know.net issue warning to the will writing and probate industry against using unsecured emails

e-know.net, the leading provider of outsourced IT services in the legal sector has issued a warning to the Industry against using unsecured emails. Misuse of client funds and bogus law firms were identified as key risks in the SRA’s Risk Outlook (2014 / 2015) and in 2013 alone the SRA had 549 reports of bogus […]