Legal & General
L&G reports £10.3bn of bulk annuities in 2019; DC assets up 33%
Legal & General (L&G) completed 28 bulk annuity transactions with UK pension schemes over the course of 2019, its annual report reveals.
AIB secures £1.1bn de-risking deal targeting full buy-in
Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has secured an £850m buy-in for its UK pension scheme with Legal & General (L&G).
Tate & Lyle secures £930m buy-in with L&G
The Tate & Lyle Pension Scheme has completed a £930m full buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), insuring benefits for around 4,800 members.
Emma Douglas: Work hard but have fun
Holly Roach talks to LGIM’s Emma Douglas, who scooped the Pensions Woman of the Year award and the Lifetime Achievement accolade at PP’s Women in Pensions Awards
L&G agrees £35m buyout with Edwards Wildman Palmer scheme
Legal & General (L&G) has entered into an agreement with US law firm Locke Lord for a £35m buyout of UK-based Edward Wildman Palmer pension scheme.
WSB Awards 2019 - The Winners
Here they are - the winners of the Workplace Savings and Benefits Awards 2019...
How diverse are DC default strategies?
Punter Southall Aspire has published a report looking at the disparities in DC default fund approaches. Kim Kaveh analyses the data.
Five stories you may have missed this week
This week's top stories included Legal & General acquiring MyFutureNow to provide a dashboard service to customers, while also agreeing a hybrid buy-in with a Hitachi scheme.
Insured self-sufficiency Q&A with Legal & General
Jonathan Stapleton speaks to Russell Lee about Legal & General's new insured self-sufficiency solution.
L&G deploys blockchain technology to streamline pension reinsurance
Legal & General Reinsurance (L&G) has launched what it claims is the UK's first pension risk transfer (PRT) execution platform to be driven by blockchain technology.
Five stories you may have missed this week
This week's top stories included Legal & General completing a record-breaking buyout with the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund, and the government setting out plans for flexible NHS pensions.
Legal & General completes record-breaking £4.6bn partial buyout with Rolls-Royce
The Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund (RRPF) has insured benefits for around 33,000 pensioners in a record-breaking buyout with Legal & General (L&G).
UK Pensions Awards 2019 - The Winners
Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2019...
Pension consolidator vehicles: an insurer's perspective
In the second of a two-part series, Russell Lee (left) and Tom MacAulay (right) from Legal & General's Pension Risk Transfer business look at pension consolidation vehicles (PCVs) from an insurance perspective
Legal & General completes £95m buy-in with 3i scheme
The 3i Group Pension Plan has agreed a £95m bulk annuity transaction with Legal & General (L&G).
Workers Pension Trust applies for authorisation as five confirm application status
Workers Pension Trust was one of the 30 master trusts to apply for authorisation ahead of the 31 March deadline, PP can reveal.
A bulk annuity market innovation for small schemes
The challenges for small pension funds to buy out their liabilities are well-known. A solution has emerged and is set to become popular across the DB universe, writes Stephanie Baxter
FTSE 100 buyouts 'could boom to £300bn' over next decade
The volume of insured buyouts from FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) schemes could increase from £5bn to £300bn by 2029, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
Howden scheme agrees £230m buy-in with L&G
The Howden Group Pension Plan has completed a full pensioner buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), insuring benefits for around 2,000 members.
Aon submits master trust authorisation application to TPR
The Aon Master Trust has sent its authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), with just two weeks to go until the deadline.
PIC posts £7.1bn of bulk annuity deals in 2018 taking nearly a third of the market
Pension Insurance Corporation's (PIC) bulk annuity business transacted £7.1bn of buy-ins and buyouts over the course of 2018, its annual results reveal.
Mercer Master Trust applies to TPR as 'tsunami' of last minute submissions expected
Mercer Master Trust has sent off its authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) taking the total number of submissions received and awaiting response to 12.
L&G posts 10% rise in profits; LGIM unveils 18% rise in DC assets
Legal & General (L&G) has published its 2018 results, revealing a 10% rise in operating profits driven by strong growth in both its retirement and defined contribution (DC) businesses.
Pearson scheme completes £500m buy-in with L&G
The Pearson Pension Plan has entered into a £500m pensioner buy-in with Legal & General (L&G) in the insurer's first deal of 2019.
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