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Last Updated: Wednesday, October 09, 2013


NEWSPAPER AND PRESS ARTICLES 

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Wed 9 October 2013 
Daily Mail

Hunt for lost victims of Equitable Life scandal

Wed 9 October 2013 
Telegraph

Equitable Life: 400,000 victims risk missing out on compensation

Fri 26 July 2013 
Independent

The latest Equitable Life failure is unbelievable

Fri 26 July 2013 
Telegraph

Treasury failings risk 200,000 Equitable Life victims missing out on compensation

Fri 26 July 2013 
Guardian

MPs blast Treasury of handling of Equitable Life compensation

Fri 26 July 2013 
This is Money

More than 200,000 Equitable victims may never see compensation

Tues 5 Feb 2013 
Telegraph

Compensation paid to 6,000 savers after death

Sat 22 December 2012 
Daily Mail

Equitable Life Victims and the Arrogant Politician (second question so scroll down)

Sun 9 September 2012 
Daily Mail

Equitable Life's 250yj Anniversary: Did anyone learn anything from its failure

Wed 11 July 2012 
Daily Mail

Half a million Equitable policyholders are yet to receive compensation

Sat 16 June 2012 
Independent

A decade on: Pain continues for Equitable savers

Thurs 14 June 2012 
Telegraph

Compensation delays prolong the delays at Equitable Life

Fri 1 June 2012 
Telegraph

Equitable lifers fear payout delay

Wed 2 May 2012 
Money Marketing

MPs to Write to Mark Hoban over Equitable Life

Mon 23 January 2012 
The Telegraph

Equitable Life Compensation Cheques in the Post - at last

Sun 28 August 2011 
The Telegraph

More people having to delay retirement

Tue 17 May 2011 
The Scotsman

Equitable Life payouts next month

Daily Mail

Equitable Life victims face more delays and disappointment in fight for compensation

Independent

Equitable Life compensation will take five more years

Mon 16 May 2011 
News of the World

Treasury set out how Equitable Life payment scheme will work 

Telegraph

Equitable Life compensation payments to begin 

Money Observer

Equitable Life payouts to begin in June

IFA On-line (Blog)

Equitable Life starts paying out at last

BBC

Equitable Life payments to start in June Treasury says

FT Advisor

Equitable Life payment scheme on target for June start

Mon 15 May 2011 
This is Money

The Equitable outcasts £1 billion smile - at last

Mon 27 March 2011 
Guardian

Equitable Life to hand back millions to policyholders

Telegraph

Equitable Life: future pensions to increase

BBC

Equitable Life: future pensions to increase

Tue 1 Feb 2011 
Financial Advice

Equitable Life back in the headlines

Mon 31 Jan 2011 
Which?

Equitable Life compensation details

Sun 30 Jan 2011 
The Herald

£775 in Equitable payouts confirmed

Sat 29 Jan 2011 
This is Money

It's hardly equitable but take it

Fri 28 Jan 2011 
Pensions World

Payouts hope for Equitable Life victims

Thu 27 Jan 2011 
FT

Equitable victims to recover 22% of losses

Guardian

Wealthy Equitable Life victims could receive six figure sums

Telegraph

Not such an equitable life

Telegraph

Harsh lessons from a decade of disappointment at Equitable Life

Telegraph

David Cameron's deal on Equitable Life payouts a slap in the face

Telegraph

Equitable Life scandal shows that it is really an inequitable life

Scotsman

100,000 Equitable Life investors will not receive a penny

Independent

Equitable members to get just a fifth of losses

This is Money

Equitable victims will get 25p for every pound lost

Wed 26 Jan 2011 
Pensions Age

Recommendations for Equitable Life compensation published

FT Adviser

Equitable Life victims to receive 22.4% of their loss

BBC

Equitable Life: More compensation details announced

Citywire

Treasury told to pay oldest Equitable Life victims first

Professional Pensions

Commission report divvies up Equitable Life compensation

Money Marketing

945,000 victims to receive less than a quarter of relative loss

Sun 8 Jan 2011 
This is Money

Key questions on Equitable for Mr Hoban

BBC

Equitable Life losses assessment urged by MPs

This is Money

Equitable Life victims must get better deal, say MPs

IFA Online

Equitable Life losses assessment urged by MPs

Telegraph

MPs urge review of Equitable Life compensation report

 

 

PERIODICALS AND ARTICLES

Finding by Institute of Actuaries on Charles Thomson

Silly Equitable Story by a Non GAR

Article - OTHER ROUTES TO A MORE EQUITABLE LIFE (by Dr Michael Nassim EL policy holder)

Article - THE EQUITABLE LIFE DISASTER- DOES IT COMPARE  TO THE LLOYD’S ASBESTOSIS SCANDAL OF THE 1980’s? (by Dr Michael Nassim EL policy holder)

The Equitable Saga - Teresa Hunter  31 March 2004

BBC Interview with Chris Headdon Feb 2004

Investors Chronicle  

The Actuary Letters

Europe Intelligence Wire

The New Statesman

The Economist

Pensions' World

BBC

The Guardian - Equitable Special Report

Ananova

NewsNow.co.uk

 

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money.telegraph
The Times
 
Sunday Times
News of the World

 

British Library of Newspapers

Questions can be answered by the Telegraph send them to equitable@telegraph.co.uk

General Questions can be answered by the Sunday Times equitable@sunday-times.co.uk.

NB The Equitable Life site has a clarification of some of the reports in the press.


DISCUSSIONS AND ASK THE EXPERTS

The Motley Fool  has a lively discussion board running on Equitable.

  Also visit their Pensions Discussion Board on the Motley Fool for some really good points and suggestions.

Financial Times - FT.com Discussion Board on Equitable Life 

Astute Investor - Lots of discussion on Equitable

This is Money now also have a Pensions discussion board 

Daily Telegraph have a Questions and Answers. E-mail equitable@telegraph.co.uk


PLEASE PLEASE contact your MEP regarding the Equitable crisis, it is vitally important for both leavers and stayers alike. A petition has been put forward to Europe.  See WRITING LETTERS - CONTACTS - INCLUDING CONTACTING YOUR MP,  MEP and the Press  Say you won't vote for your MP again unless the plight of Equitable policyholders is put before Tony Blair. Equitable Life is a far bigger scandal than endowment mis-selling because the company was held up to be as safe as the Bank of England - it is a black-and-white case of mis-selling.

 

Equitable Life Assurance Society Motto “Sic nos non nobis” (thus do we, but not for ourselves)