New research conducted on behalf of Aviva has discovered that one in six (15%) divorced people did not realise their pension could be affected by splitting up.
The survey of more than 1,000 people across the UK who have gone through a divorce found that more than a third (34%) had made no claim on their former partner's pension.
It also found that some eight per cent of divorcees do not have their own pension savings - and had been relying on their partner to finance their retirement. As a result of divorce, nearly one in five said they will be, or are, significantly worse off in retirement.
