Aviva

Aviva looks at the three things it believes are crucial to the success of the de-risking process and how to arrive at these 'happy endings'.

Aviva has proposed to buy rival insurer Friends Life in a deal worth £5.6bn which will see the companies merge.

The UK bulk annuity market exceeded £8.5bn in the first three quarters of 2014, making this year already the busiest on record, according to figures published today.

Aviva looks at how trustees can assess the benefits of medical underwriting in bulk annuities.

LCP has added a buy-in pricing tracker to its online valuation tool which uses up-to-date information from the biggest insurers to help clients make de-risking decisions.

More than half of unretired people aged 55 and over believe the Budget freedoms will not affect them, according to research.

The Interserve Pension Scheme has entered a buy-in arrangement with Aviva to insure £300m of its pensioner liabilities.

Aviva will do more mid-sized bulk annuity deals with companies over the remainder of the year after more than doubling its bulk business.

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