Aon

This week's top stories include news that Aon had launched and then abandoned talks with Willis Towers Watson over a potential merger.

Mortality improvements have declined for yet another year, data from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.

Aon has confirmed it will not make an offer for Willis Towers Watson after "preliminary" discussions with the global consultant.

Sponsors and trustees of defined benefit (DB) schemes with 31 March valuation dates need to discuss their options given the clash with Brexit, according to Aon.

The industry needs to step up efforts to ensure guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) equalisation exercises are completed in time, and in a cost effective way, according to Aon.

Lemonade has launched a retirement service in a bid to help trustees and employers guide defined benefit (DB) members through their options.

Panellists at a PP webinar discuss October's High Court judgment on GMP equalisation, how schemes have responded, what their strategies should be, and how the industry can approach it.

The Co-operative Group's Somerfield Pension Scheme has completed a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), insuring the benefits of its pensioner members.

The Reuters Pension Fund has completed a £625m full pensioner buy-in with Canada Life in the insurer's largest ever deal.

People in their mid-career aged 35-49 are the most likely to struggle with saving for retirement, according to Aon's 2018 defined contribution (DC) and financial wellbeing member survey.