Cost of UK buyouts rises despite global prices falling

Stephanie Baxter
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The cost of insuring a UK defined benefit (DB) scheme has risen in the past year as prices fell in other markets, according to Mercer.

Competition among UK insurers to buy out schemes after a record-breaking year for bulk annuities has not driven down prices which are still significantly above global levels. Mercer's latest Glo...

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