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BBC enters £3bn longevity swap with Zurich and Canada Life
BBC enters £3bn longevity swap with Zurich and Canada Life

The BBC Pension Scheme has completed a £3bn longevity swap deal with Zurich and Canada Life Reinsurance, covering the risk of pensioner and dependent members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 15 December 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included UBS’ completion of a £1.4bn longevity swap with Zurich and Canada Life, while chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the government’s Kickstart Scheme as part of provisions outlined in the Summer Statement.

  • Industry
  • 10 July 2020
UBS completes £1.4bn longevity swap with Zurich and Canada Life
UBS completes £1.4bn longevity swap with Zurich and Canada Life

The UBS (UK) Pension and Life Assurance Scheme has hedged the longevity risk of around half its defined benefit (DB) liabilities through a £1.4bn longevity swap completed with Zurich and Canada Life Reinsurance.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 07 July 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included the Financial Conduct Authority saying there is a “significant risk of harm” in the long-term savings market caused by pension freedoms, and Standard Life and Zurich publishing their latest independent governance committee...

  • Industry
  • 09 April 2020
Standard Life and Zurich unveil IGC reports
Standard Life and Zurich unveil IGC reports

Standard Life and Zurich have published their latest independent governance committee (IGC) reports – posting overall green and amber value-for-money assessments respectively.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 06 April 2020
Zurich insures £800m of FTSE 100 scheme longevity risk
Zurich insures £800m of FTSE 100 scheme longevity risk

Zurich has agreed to insure £800m of longevity risk for the pensioners of a FTSE 100-sponsored pension scheme.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 17 December 2019
Bulk annuity market breaks yet another record with £17bn of first half deals
Bulk annuity market breaks yet another record with £17bn of first half deals

Around £17.5bn of buy-ins and buyouts were transacted in the first half of the year as market records continue to tumble.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 08 August 2019
Thousands of savers face a pension shortfall, warns Zurich
Thousands of savers face a pension shortfall, warns Zurich

Thousands of savers taking tax-free lump sums ahead of retirement are at risk of a pensions shortfall in later life due to neglecting their remaining pot, Zurich has warned.

  • Investment
  • 22 January 2019
'Sterling will suffer in the short term': Inflation unchanged at 2.4% in June
'Sterling will suffer in the short term': Inflation unchanged at 2.4% in June

Sterling has fallen on the back of inflation figures released this morning, which show the UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained steady at 2.4% in June.

  • Investment
  • 18 July 2018
Retirees 'risk draining' pension pots by 'ignoring' market volatility
Retirees 'risk draining' pension pots by 'ignoring' market volatility

Some 41% of people in drawdown are not adjusting their pension income levels to account for stock market volatility, analysis by Zurich has found.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 27 June 2018
Inflation holds steady at 2.4% in May
Inflation holds steady at 2.4% in May

UK inflation stuck at 2.4% in May, missing analysts' estimates of a move higher and further cooling expectations on an interest rate hike from the Bank of England this summer.

  • Investment
  • 13 June 2018
Incoming Zurich CEO named first woman chair of ABI
Incoming Zurich CEO named first woman chair of ABI

First woman in its 100-year history

  • Appointments
  • 07 June 2018
National Grid completes £2bn longevity swap
National Grid completes £2bn longevity swap

The National Grid Electricity Group has completed an intermediated longevity swap with Zurich for the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (ESPS).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 15 May 2018
Third of drawdown users are first-time investors but many don't seek advice
Third of drawdown users are first-time investors but many don't seek advice

A third of drawdown users lack any investment experience but many of those do not seek any financial guidance or advice, Zurich research finds.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 03 May 2018
Zurich names first head of longevity risk transfer
Zurich names first head of longevity risk transfer

Greg Wenzerul has been appointed Zurich's first head of longevity risk transfer, as it seeks to grow its business in the market.

  • Appointments
  • 12 April 2018
Women in drawdown face being 37% worse off in retirement than men
Women in drawdown face being 37% worse off in retirement than men

Women using drawdown can expect to receive £47,000 less in their pension pot over a typical 20 year retirement period, according to Zurich.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 11 April 2018
Scottish Widows targets 'jumbo schemes' after Zurich acquisition
Scottish Widows targets 'jumbo schemes' after Zurich acquisition

Scottish Widows has enhanced its workplace savings offering in a bid to appeal to larger schemes with more flexible products following its acquisition of Zurich Corporate Savings.

  • Industry
  • 03 April 2018
AE could 'give gig economy workers £75,000 pots'
AE could 'give gig economy workers £75,000 pots'

Extending auto-enrolment (AE) to workers in the gig economy could grant them a lump sum of £75,600 at retirement, Zurich and Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) research suggests.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 08 November 2017
UPDATED: Scottish Widows to buy Zurich's £15bn workplace pensions business
UPDATED: Scottish Widows to buy Zurich's £15bn workplace pensions business

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to acquire Zurich's UK workplace pensions and savings business, which has assets under administration of more than £15bn and around 500,000 customers.

  • Industry
  • 12 October 2017
Buy-in demand to hit £50bn p/a by 2032; De-risking deals total £5.1bn in H1
Buy-in demand to hit £50bn p/a by 2032; De-risking deals total £5.1bn in H1

Defined benefit (DB) schemes will offload around £700bn of liabilities to insurers over the next 15 years, latest analysis by Hymans Robertson has suggested.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 10 August 2017
Xafinity hires Zurich director to lead National Pension Trust
Xafinity hires Zurich director to lead National Pension Trust

Xafinity has made Dave Hodges head of the National Pension Trust to help grow the master trust's proposition.

  • Appointments
  • 23 May 2017
Providers need to update default solutions post-freedoms
Providers need to update default solutions post-freedoms

Default solutions need to be amended to take account of the changing use of funds at retirement since Freedom and Choice was introduced, Zurich has said.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 16 May 2017
General Election 2017: The pensions manifesto the industry wants to see
General Election 2017: The pensions manifesto the industry wants to see

With political parties drawing up their manifestos for the snap general election, James Phillips explores the industry's greatest desires for the future of pensions

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 May 2017
Hargreaves Lansdown to offer LISA on first day possible
Hargreaves Lansdown to offer LISA on first day possible

Hargreaves Lansdown may be the first provider to offer the lifetime ISA (LISA) as it plans to launch the product on the first day possible.

  • Investment
  • 02 March 2017
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