News/comment

Pensions schemes leaving “significant” risks unhedged

09 March 2010

FTSE 350 pensions deficit at £142bn, research reveals

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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Another company transfers pension risk

09 March 2010

Aggregate Industries completes two transactions totalling £305m

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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BMW pension buy-out challenges bulk annuity market

23 February 2010

It also has implications for L & G, says Bernstein

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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Deutsche Bank and BMW in £3bn longevity hedge

22 February 2010

Largest ever transaction described as “groundbreaking”

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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Mercer launches pension buy-out index

22 February 2010

Provides a further sign of the increasing focus on longevity solutions

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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L & G enters longevity insurance market

17 February 2010

Cover is available from today

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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Pension scheme risk transfers set to double in 2010

17 February 2010

Longevity one of “biggest unmanaged risks” schemes face, says Hymans Robertson

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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Hedging of liability risks reaches new high in 2009

09 February 2010

Towers Watson expects further growth this year in spite of volatile markets

Published in: ALM, Longevity - mortality

Analysis

Modelling infectious disease risk

20 January 2010

The entire realm of possible pandemic characteristics can be quantified using historical data, as well as established principles of epidemiology, virology and mathematical analysis and modelling, explains Dr Maura Sullivan

Published in: Longevity - mortality, Catastrophe - weather

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Allure of longevity swaps grows for pension plans

27 July 2009

Competition between insurance and capital market providers of longevity solutions for pension plans will drive further innovation and possibly pricing, explains Jerome Melcer.

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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Pensions ready for longevity solutions

19 May 2009

Banks have been touting the virtues of longevity swaps to pension funds for years. Now that the first deal has appeared, John Ferry asks, Will the market burgeon?

Published in: Longevity - mortality

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Life remains in the longevity market

15 December 2008

The buyout market may be challenging but there are some attractive opportunities to transfer risk, and the case for longevity protection is strengthening, argues Gordon Fletcher

Published in: Investment risk, Longevity - mortality