Do more insurers equal more capacity?

Nikhil Patel takes an in-depth look at current trends in the risk transfer market

clock • 7 min read
Nikhil Patel: Early engagement with consultants on what is important is essential
Image:

Nikhil Patel: Early engagement with consultants on what is important is essential

It’s an exciting time in the defined benefit (DB) pensions risk transfer market; with record volumes of insurance transactions alongside increasing discussion on run-on strategies, government proposal on industry wide consolidation and a push for pension schemes to support the UK economy.

The risk transfer market is continuing to break records, and this will continue in the coming years based on the transactions already in the pipeline and as insurance ultimately remains the right s...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Risk Reduction

UK and US pension risk transfer market to exceed £250bn in next three years

UK and US pension risk transfer market to exceed £250bn in next three years

UK volumes for 2024 ‘likely to exceed’ the £40bn achieved last year as market scales up

Jonathan Stapleton
clock 06 September 2024 • 2 min read
Coats UK scheme secures £1.3bn buy-in deal with PIC

Coats UK scheme secures £1.3bn buy-in deal with PIC

Scheme’s second buy-in transaction secures the benefits of 18,042 members

Holly Roach
clock 04 September 2024 • 2 min read
Updated: The biggest buy-ins and buyouts since 2007

Updated: The biggest buy-ins and buyouts since 2007

Professional Pensions rounds up the largest block transfers of liabilities to insurers

Professional Pensions
clock 04 September 2024 • 1 min read
Trustpilot