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Restricting access to health data creates competition issue
07 March 2014Changing rules on access to UK national health data may have consequences for actuarial research and could make it harder to develop new products - and for new entrants to break into life insurance markets. Christopher Cundy reports
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Swiss Re, Scor and Munich Re share in Aviva's £5bn longevity risk swap
06 March 2014Largest longevity deal with pension fund to date
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L&G trebles bulk annuity business
05 March 2014More growth expected in bulk than individual annuity markets
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Actuarial paper at centre of health data storm
25 February 2014UK health records may be inaccessible to actuaries in future
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FCA dices with actuaries in annuity profits probe
14 February 2014The UK's Financial Conduct Authority wants to make the annuity markets more competitive, but tackling excess profitability and price differentiation may be a bigger challenge than it thinks. Christopher Cundy reports
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"A year of two halves" for 2013 mortality rates
03 February 2014England and Wales data shows big disparity between first and second halves of the year
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Annuity firms need own view of longevity improvement
29 January 2014Individual UK annuity providers should confront the fact that their exposures to longevity risk from people living longer may be materially different from those indicated by the UK Office for National Statistics figures, says Matthew Edwards
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Scor renews contingent capital facility with UBS
23 December 2013French reinsurer will issue new shares in the event of major catastrophe
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Two L&G deals bring pension de-risking transactions to £16bn in 2013
19 December 2013Latest arrangement transfers £1.7bn in liabilities for BAE Systems schemes
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Deutsche Bank arranges £1bn longevity swap
11 December 2013Hedges longevity risk for UK construction firm Carillion's pensioners