Sponsors to transfer property to insurers

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Scheme sponsors are increasingly transferring property to insurance companies in risk reduction deals as insurers develop innovative ways of taking on scheme liabilities, experts say.

Hymans Robertson partner James Mullins said insurers are open to buy-in and buyout transactions whereby a sponsoring employer pre-funds the buyout by entering into a sale and long-term leaseback of...

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