Bulk annuities
Risk Reduction
Just Group has completed a £158m pensioner buy-in with the Wyeth Group Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, bringing its total bulk annuity sales for 2018 to £1.3bn.
06 February 2019
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Buy-in and buyout pricing for British pension schemes could hike if the US or Canadian bulk annuity markets boom, Legal and General (L&G) has predicted.
25 January 2019
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1 min read
Industry
This week's top stories included exclusive coverage of The Pensions Regulator's plans to require schemes to use professional trustees.
18 January 2019
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1 min read
Industry
The first specialist independent firm advising pension schemes on bulk annuities or moving to a consolidator has been set up with ambitions to shake up the market.
17 January 2019
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Two consultancies predict a further acceleration in the bulk annuity market in 2019. Kim Kaveh looks at what schemes should consider.
08 January 2019
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
The Reuters Pension Fund has completed a £625m full pensioner buy-in with Canada Life in the insurer's largest ever deal.
17 December 2018
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit (DB) schemes are set to shear themselves of over £300bn of liabilities between 2019 and 2021 as they continue to mature, Mercer predicts.
14 December 2018
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The bulk annuity market is set to grow to historically high levels in 2019 with £30bn worth of deals expected over the year, according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW).
10 December 2018
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Insurers are set to face a "flood of requests" from pension schemes for buy-in contracts to be restructured to allow for guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) equalisation, Aon warns.
15 November 2018
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The pension insurance market could be set for another record-breaking next year as schemes are already "in the queue" for deals at the start of next year, says Hymans Robertson.
14 November 2018
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2 min read
