The number of UK adults who received cold calls about their pension rose to 26% according to research commissioned by Phoenix Group.
Stephen McGee has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of Aegon UK effective immediately.
Closed book consolidator Phoenix is to acquire Abbey Life from Deutsche Bank for £935m.
Wendy Mayall who is the former chief investment officer (CIO) of Unilever's pension fund has been made a non-executive director at Phoenix Group.
Scammers are using Brexit concerns to try to con people into transferring their pension savings to suspicious overseas schemes, according to Phoenix Group.
Major jobs cuts are anticipated at pension services firm Diligenta which provides services to some of the biggest pension insurers.
Ongoing charges for some scheme members will be suspended over the next 12 months Phoenix Group has confirmed.