UK PRT market surpasses £500bn after 'record activity'

Hymans predicts £1trn of pension scheme liabilities will have been insured by 2035

Holly Roach
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Hymans Robertson partner and risk transfer specialist James Mullins
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Hymans Robertson partner and risk transfer specialist James Mullins

UK pensions risk transfer (PRT) market has surpassed £500bn following “record activity” in 2025, Hymans Robertson reveals.

The consultancy's annual Risk Transfer Report revealed more than half a trillion pounds of pension scheme liabilities have now been insured, after 380 risk transfer deals were completed in 2025 – a...

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