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Of those who transferred a pension, 30% rated the process as average, poor or very poor, according to research from Huntswood.
Around one in eight (12%) of consumers transferred a pension between 2022 and 2025, research from Huntswood found.
Of those who transferred a pension, 30% rated the process as average, poor or very poor.
A quarter rated it excellent, while 45% described it as good.
Among respondents who rated the process from average to very poor, 46% said it took too long.
More than a third believed their former provider deliberately slowed the transfer, while 30% reported poor communication.
The wider study found that 32% of consumers made a complaint to a UK company over a 12-month period.
Of those who complained, 46% made more than one complaint.
James Tattersall, senior director, advisory at Huntswood, said: “Complaints360 helps organisations move beyond simply managing complaints to understanding and preventing them.
“By combining experienced complaints specialists with AI-enabled technology, providers can identify root causes more quickly, strengthen regulatory compliance and use complaints insight to drive continuous improvement across the business.”
Siddharth Parashar, managing director, UK and Europe at Huntswood and ResultsCX, said: “For pension providers, complaints are about much more than resolving individual cases.
“They offer a valuable window into the customer experience and highlight where processes, communications and service delivery need to improve.
“Complaints provide one of the clearest indicators of where those outcomes may be falling short, whether that’s delays, poor communication or unnecessary friction in key customer journeys such as pension transfers.”