........... and finally don't bank on getting your money back. Equitable Life policyholders have been waiting 8 years and even after a damning report by the Ombudsman regarding the performance of the FSA (the Government's department that is supposed to monitor such companies to provide a level of protection against wrongdoing) at monitoring, the Government is still dragging its heels over compensating those who lost out. Its current offer is a means-testing handout to those worse impacted only.
Soundbites that make voters feel that something is being done are far easier to deliver than solutions.