Bulk annuity pricing at 'best level' for two years

Aon says more insurers than ever in the market is leading to ‘increasingly competitive’ pricing

Martin Richmond
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Edwards: The first half of 2025 was a period of market volatility and those are favourable conditions for schemes looking to secure bulk annuities
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Edwards: The first half of 2025 was a period of market volatility and those are favourable conditions for schemes looking to secure bulk annuities

The defined benefit (DB) pension schemes bulk annuity market is seeing the best pricing level for more than two years, Aon says.

The firm stated the emergence of these optimum pricing levels is due to a variety of factors – with the most notable being the increase in competition in the insurers market, as well as market cond...

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