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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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Medically underwritten buy-in

IET pension scheme completes £50m buy-in with PIC
IET pension scheme completes £50m buy-in with PIC

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) pension scheme has insured £50m of pensioner liabilities through a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 10 July 2018
Aliaxis scheme completes £85m buy-in with Just Group
Aliaxis scheme completes £85m buy-in with Just Group

The Aliaxis UK Defined Benefit Pension Scheme has completed a buy-in transaction with Just Group totalling £85m, structured across two tranches of pensions in payment.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 21 June 2018
Land Securities' scheme enters £110m medically underwritten buy-in
Land Securities' scheme enters £110m medically underwritten buy-in

The Land Securities Group of Companies' defined benefit (DB) pension fund has bought out around three quarters of its liabilities through a buy-in with Just.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 08 February 2017
Working group launches guide on medically underwritten bulk annuities
Working group launches guide on medically underwritten bulk annuities

A guide has been published to help trustees and other industry professionals understand how medical underwriting can be used to de-risk defined benefit (DB) schemes.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 June 2016
Could British Steel go down the bulk annuity route?
Could British Steel go down the bulk annuity route?

PP explores the option of putting the British Steel scheme through the bulk annuity market.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 28 April 2016
Innovation swells in small bulk annuity deals
Innovation swells in small bulk annuity deals

Smaller schemes are increasingly looking to benefit from longevity de-risking opportunities offered through swaps and bulk annuities, accordingly to JLT Employee Benefits.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 April 2016
How will the JRP merger affect the medically underwritten market?
How will the JRP merger affect the medically underwritten market?

PP looks at how the Just Retirement and Partnership merger could impact market competition.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 11 April 2016
Siemens completes £300m buy-in with PIC
Siemens completes £300m buy-in with PIC

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has concluded a £300m buy-in with the trustees of the VA Tech UK Pension Scheme, including a retrocession to Siemens' captive reinsurer.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 07 April 2016
Kingfisher completes record-breaking medically underwritten buy-in
Kingfisher completes record-breaking medically underwritten buy-in

The Kingfisher Pension Scheme has undergone a £230m medically underwritten buy-in with Legal & General (L&G) in a landmark deal for the bulk annuity market.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 24 March 2016
Solvency II drives record buy-in and buyout volumes in Q4
Solvency II drives record buy-in and buyout volumes in Q4

The bulk annuity market had a record final quarter in 2015 as buy-in and buyout deals totalled £5.4bn, according to LCP.

  • DB Buyouts
  • 17 March 2016
How data cleansing can get schemes better bulk annuity deals
How data cleansing can get schemes better bulk annuity deals

Data cleansing is an increasingly important step in the path to bulk annuities especially with growth in medical underwriting. Kristian Brunt Seymour explores how it can benefit schemes.

  • Risk Management
  • 22 February 2016
BSW Timber makes £5m liability savings through mortality study
BSW Timber makes £5m liability savings through mortality study

BSW Timber has saved £5m in liabilities and reduced its deficit by a quarter due to a medically underwritten mortality study (MUMS).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 08 February 2016
Low & Bonar completes £34m medically underwritten buy-in
Low & Bonar completes £34m medically underwritten buy-in

Low & Bonar has completed a medically underwritten buy-in of £34m of liabilities within its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

  • Bulk Annuities
  • 03 February 2016
How far can the medically underwritten bulk annuity market grow?
How far can the medically underwritten bulk annuity market grow?

As medically underwritten deals reach record levels, PP looks at why this market is booming.

  • Bulk Annuities
  • 25 January 2016
Pensions Institute predicts medical underwriting boom in bulk annuity market
Pensions Institute predicts medical underwriting boom in bulk annuity market

The Pensions Institute has predicted there will be rapid growth in medically underwritten bulk annuities as schemes turn to ‘top-sliced' deals and traditional insurers get into the market.

  • Bulk Annuities
  • 13 January 2016
L&G secures record £230m medically underwritten buy-in

Legal and General (L&G) has completed its first medically underwritten bulk annuity deal with a £230m transaction with an unnamed scheme

  • Defined Benefit
  • 23 December 2015
£150m scheme completes top-sliced medically underwritten buy-in

The £150m Institution of Engineering and Technology ("IET") Superannuation and Assurance Scheme has completed a £32m medically underwritten buy-in.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 17 December 2015

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