Binge drinkers to receive bigger pensions

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Insurers could be sending out the wrong message on health matters by paying out larger pensions to those that drink heavily, according to a report in the Daily Mail today.

People with ill-health have always received better annuity rates due to their lower life-expectancy and now a new traffic light system, part of a new blood test developed at the University of Southampton, can reveal liver damage that would previously have gone unnoticed.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%