Insurers left frustrated as buy-ins fall through

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Last year's dip in the buy-in and buyout market was due to trustees focusing on triennial valuations and schemes being unprepared to transact, say insurers.

Research from Towers Watson suggested the 15% fall in business volumes between 2011 and 2012 (PP Online 14 March) was also in part caused by legislative uncertainty over Solvency II, inflation indi...

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