{
  "id": 11122599,
  "title": "I paid Standard Life £82,000 to set up an annuity... then it said it had never heard of me: CRANE ON THE CASE",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/i-paid-standard-life-82-000-to-set-up-an-annuity-then-it-said-it-had",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T05:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-16153967/I-paid-Standard-Life-82-000-set-annuity-said-never-heard-CRANE-CASE.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I have been told by multiple Standard Life teams that there is no record of me or of the annuity application, despite having parted with my £80,000.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}