10 facts about Just Retirement

We have a policy of financial prudence - which means never taking risks with our customers’ money. Our equity release business is funded exclusively from our annuity assets so we do not approach the market for additional funding

We campaigned for awareness among financial advisers of the Open Market Option - your right to shop around for a better annuity than your pension provider might offer

We raised awareness of enhanced annuities - annuities that take into account your health and lifestyle and that potentially offer you more income in retirement than a standard annuity

We are the largest provider of enhanced annuities, the second largest provider of annuities on the Open Market Option and the fourth largest provider of annuities in the UK

We are one of the largest providers of equity release in the UK (we have lent £930 million in equity release since 2005)

Over 100,000 people have become our customers since we launched in 2004

We have total sales over £1.1bn and assets under management of £3.5bn (for the financial year 2010/11 ending 30 June 2011)

Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), which sets out the regulatory standards that we have to meet

We beat 34 of our peers for treating customers fairly in the 2011 Customer Impact Survey run by the ABI (Association of British Insurers) 

Financial advisers - the professionals who recommend our products to you, the customer - have voted us '5 star' in our category in the Financial Adviser awards for six years running