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You can read more about what changes to annuities and ISAs following the 2014 budget means for customers on the Rubuss Blog

Changes to annuities and ISAs What is means for clear customer communication in financial services

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Customer communication is fundamental to an effective customer experience.

After the chancellor's changes to annuities and ISAs, there's plenty of talk about how we explain it all to customers.

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The changes are likely to make a big difference to pensioners and savers - a lot more of them. But the industry hasn't been great at explaining pensions, annuities or ISAs

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Consumers are empowered and demand clearer information and content from businesses.

In the bad old days, it was all about maximising income from pension charges, hidden in nefarious things like "capital units". Who cared if the client didn't understand? What were they going to do about it?

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Things are very different now. Consumers have access to tools that, even ten years ago, fund managers would have killed for. They can get information, interpretation and apparently independent advice at the tip of a mouse.

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Meanwhile, the industry has moved on a little, but really needs to start spinning up its communication turbines and begin educating financial consumers with every single communication they send out.

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That means three things:

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Benchmarking your customer communication can really help.

1 Start producing communication that starts where the consumer is, not where the industry is. Ask what the consumer wants to know and tell them clearly and simply.

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2 Don't just give people the basics they need for a transaction, give them context as well as content and they'll start to see the relevance of products as part of a comprehensive portfolio.

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3 Consumers are interested in money. Very interested indeed; because it's their security for the future. That means there's an emotional aspect to financial communication - it’s essential to consider it.

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