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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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Rothesay's Cleo Taylor Smith: Staying true to yourself
Rothesay's Cleo Taylor Smith: Staying true to yourself

Rothesay business development director Cleo Taylor Smith was named as joint winner of the Saleswoman/Marketer of the Year category at the third annual Women in Pensions Awards. She speaks to Professional Pensions about winning the accolade.

  • Industry
  • 19 January 2021
National Grid completes £800m buy-in with Rothesay; Homestyle and Aviva agree £103m buyout
National Grid completes £800m buy-in with Rothesay; Homestyle and Aviva agree £103m buyout

The National Grid UK Pension Scheme has completed an £800m buy-in with Rothesay, its second bulk annuity transaction with the insurer.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 09 December 2020
Court of Appeal overturns 'wrong' block of £12bn Prudential annuity transfer to Rothesay
Court of Appeal overturns 'wrong' block of £12bn Prudential annuity transfer to Rothesay

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling which blocked the transfer of a £12bn annuity book from Prudential, now M&G, to Rothesay.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 December 2020
MassMutual and GIC take additional 36% stake in Rothesay Life as Blackstone exits
MassMutual and GIC take additional 36% stake in Rothesay Life as Blackstone exits

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and GIC have agreed to purchase a 36% shareholding in Rothesay Life as Blackstone exits the investment.

  • Industry
  • 01 October 2020
Bulk annuity market 'repeat buyer' trend to ensure H2 boost
Bulk annuity market 'repeat buyer' trend to ensure H2 boost

The bulk annuity market’s ‘repeat buyers’ will continue to drive market volumes through 2020 with cautious insurers on the hunt for “a track record of successful deals”, Aon says.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 16 September 2020
Marathon Service scheme agrees £610m full buy-in with Rothesay Life
Marathon Service scheme agrees £610m full buy-in with Rothesay Life

The Marathon Service (GB) Limited Pension and Life Assurance Scheme has completed a £610m full buy-in with Rothesay Life, covering the benefits of more than 1,400 members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 01 September 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included the Littlewoods Pension Scheme’s £930m buy-in with Rothesay life, while The Pension Superfund named its new asset and liability management committee.

  • Industry
  • 14 August 2020
Littlewoods scheme completes £930m buy-in with Rothesay Life
Littlewoods scheme completes £930m buy-in with Rothesay Life

The Littlewoods Pensions Scheme has completed a buy-in covering just under £930m of around 6,500 members’ benefits with Rothesay Life, the majority of which relate to deferred members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 12 August 2020
IPC Media Pension Scheme agrees £290m buy-in with Rothesay Life
IPC Media Pension Scheme agrees £290m buy-in with Rothesay Life

The IPC Media Pension Scheme has agreed a £290m buy-in with Rothesay Life, insuring benefits for around 500 pensioner members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 01 July 2020
Agreeing bulk annuities in a crisis
Agreeing bulk annuities in a crisis

After a bumper year, insurers are now facing a slower and smaller pipeline as schemes grapple with Covid-19, writes James Phillips.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 04 May 2020
Daring to be different to make buyout a reality
Daring to be different to make buyout a reality

Size is important to make a bulk annuity deal stand out, but it is not the only factor, writes Gill Wadsworth.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 23 April 2020
Xylem agrees £255m buy-in with Rothesay Life
Xylem agrees £255m buy-in with Rothesay Life

The Xylem UK Pension Plan has confirmed a £255m buy-in transaction with Rothesay Life in the insurer’s first deal of 2020.

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  • 02 March 2020
Rothesay Life agrees £255m full buy-in with ESAB scheme
Rothesay Life agrees £255m full buy-in with ESAB scheme

The ESAB Group (UK) Limited Pension & Life Assurance Scheme has purchased a £255m full buy-in with Rothesay Life, covering benefits for all 900 members of the scheme.

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  • 16 December 2019
Asda scheme completes £3.8bn full buy-in with Rothesay Life
Asda scheme completes £3.8bn full buy-in with Rothesay Life

Almost £35bn of defined benefit (DB) liabilities have now been insured this year after yet another giant buy-in by the Asda Group Pension Scheme with Rothesay Life.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 18 October 2019
National Grid scheme completes £2.8bn buy-in with Rothesay Life
National Grid scheme completes £2.8bn buy-in with Rothesay Life

The National Grid UK Pension Scheme has agreed a £2.8bn buy-in deal with Rothesay Life, covering the benefits of an unspecified number of pensioner members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 08 October 2019
Buy now while stocks last: Risk reduction ramps up
Buy now while stocks last: Risk reduction ramps up

As the risk reduction market gets busier and busier, Jonathan Stapleton says preparations must become more comprehensive for schemes to gain a foothold.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 03 October 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include Thomas Cook’s four pension schemes being poised to enter a Pension Protection Fund assessment period.

  • Industry
  • 27 September 2019
Rothesay Life appeals High Court block on Prudential annuity transfer
Rothesay Life appeals High Court block on Prudential annuity transfer

Rothesay Life has lodged an appeal against the High Court’s decision to block the £12bn transfer of Prudential’s annuity book.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 September 2019
Allied Domecq agrees £3.8bn buy-in with Rothesay Life to take 2019 deals past £30bn
Allied Domecq agrees £3.8bn buy-in with Rothesay Life to take 2019 deals past £30bn

The Allied Domecq Pension Fund has insured £3.8bn of members’ benefits with Rothesay Life, in the market’s largest deal to cover both pensioner and deferred members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 27 September 2019
Rothesay Life agrees £4.7bn buyout of GEC scheme; Biggest ever deal smashes 2018 volumes
Rothesay Life agrees £4.7bn buyout of GEC scheme; Biggest ever deal smashes 2018 volumes

Rothesay Life has agreed the UK’s largest ever bulk annuity deal to date – a £4.7bn buyout of the GEC 1972 Plan, making 2019 officially a record-breaking year.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 26 September 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included The Pensions Regulator launching a prosecution against the director of a professional trustee firm, and the regulator approving five master trusts.

  • Industry
  • 13 September 2019
Rothesay Life secures record year with £3.7bn bulk annuity deals in H2
Rothesay Life secures record year with £3.7bn bulk annuity deals in H2

Rothesay Life has completed £3.7bn of bulk annuity transactions so far in the second half of this year, according to its latest trading update.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 10 September 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

The top stories this week were the High Court's decision to block the £12bn annuity transfer from Prudential to Rothesay Life, and a separate court ruling that 'raises the bar' for pension rectification exercises.

  • Industry
  • 23 August 2019
Court blocks £12bn annuity transfer from Prudential to Rothesay Life
Court blocks £12bn annuity transfer from Prudential to Rothesay Life

The High Court has blocked the £12bn transfer of Prudential's annuity book to Rothesay Life, citing the insurer's lack of "established reputation" and differing "capital management policies".

  • Industry
  • 19 August 2019
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