H1 2023 bulk annuity market reaches highest recorded levels

Aon research finds record market volumes reflected by increased scheme funding levels

Martin Richmond
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H1 2023 bulk annuity market reaches highest recorded levels

The total volumes in the UK bulk annuity market written in the first half of the year hit their highest ever recorded levels, research from Aon has shown.

The insurer's H1 2023 UK Risk Settlement Market Update found the total amount of bulk annuity deals written amounted to £21.2bn and noted that this represented a "maturing" of the defined benefit (...

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