Pension Insurance Corporation

Trustees must be prepared to take advantage of de-risking opportunities when they arise, delegates heard.

The pension scheme risk transfer market is set to grow a further £20bn over the next 18 months, Hymans Robertson figures predict.

Scotland's pension schemes could be inflating deficits due to the use of UK-wide life expectancy estimates that are higher than the Scottish average, Pension Insurance Corporation warns.

Pension Insurance Corporation has reinsured almost £500m of its longevity exposure as it continues raising capital to target deals in excess of £3bn, it announced today.

Pension Insurance Corporation explains why insurance pricing for defined benefit schemes is now at its most favourable level since 2008.

Deficits are creating a drag on scheme investment returns of about 1.2% of liabilities a year, Pension Insurance Corporation research shows.

Deficits are creating a drag on scheme investment returns of about 1.2% of liabilities a year, Pension Insurance Corporation research shows.

Pension Insurance Corporation has begun offering scheme sponsors flexible insurance contracts that enable it to switch benefit payments from RPI to CPI.

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A record £12.5bn risk transfer deals were done in the first half of the year and a quarter of major firms will de-risk by 2012, Hymans Robertson predicts.