Defined Benefit

Specialist DB insurer’s annual results showed it completed £8.1bn of new premiums last year

Complexities in benefit and investment structure make wind-up ‘anything but trivial’

Barnett Waddingham finds average time to buyout for FTSE 350 DB schemes fell during February

Building materials firm says surplus has more than doubled over past 12 months

LCP says endgame strategies remain ‘high’ on agenda amid ongoing strong funding levels

Move comes ahead of triennial valuation this year and posting of IAS 19 surplus

Funding levels show only slight fall in response to geopolitical news

Scheme will get a £25.5m five-year injection from Reach plc

Hymans Robertson sets out how government might maximise the potential of DB schemes

Firms post increase in surpluses following changes in discount rate assumptions