Guilbert UK Retirement Benefits Plan and Aviva sign £140m buy-in deal

The bulk purchase annuity transaction insures the liabilities of 1,500 scheme members

Holly Roach
clock • 2 min read
Guilbert UK Retirement Benefits Plan and Aviva sign £140m buy-in deal

The Guilbert UK Retirement Benefits Plan has completed a £140m full scheme buy-in with Aviva, securing the benefits of all members.

The bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction was completed in August and has insured the liabilities of 1,500 members of the scheme - which is sponsored by Office Depot UK Pension Sponsor.   A...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Risk Reduction

LCP says long-term run on could be valuable

LCP says long-term run on could be valuable

Analysis finds run-on could benefit schemes sponsors and members if risk managed well

Jasmine Urquhart
clock 15 October 2025 • 1 min read
Unnamed scheme secures £96m buy-in with M&G

Unnamed scheme secures £96m buy-in with M&G

Transaction secures the benefits of over 1,000 scheme members

Holly Roach
clock 15 October 2025 • 1 min read
Ferno UK pension scheme  secures £4m buy-in with L&G

Ferno UK pension scheme secures £4m buy-in with L&G

Deal secures benefits of around 100 members and means all members are insured

Jasmine Urquhart
clock 09 October 2025 • 2 min read
Trustpilot