Four insurers set to enter bulk annuity market by 2021
The number of bulk annuity market participants is expected to rise by 57% over the next five years according to Barnett Waddingham.
The consultant's annual bulk annuity report for 2016 found insurers anticipated a surge of activity with the number of participants increasing from seven to eleven over the next five years. It comes...
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