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  • Prudential seals $6bn jumbo PRT deal with IBM

    16 September 2024

    It marks the second risk transfer between the two companies since 2022

  • PIC completes £3bn of bulk annuity deals in H1, says pipeline remains strong

    12 September 2024

    CEO Tracey Blackwell highlights demand for large, complex transactions

  • L&G: combined PRT market volumes for UK and US to hit over £250bn

    06 September 2024

    The insurer said PRT markets in both countries are on track for one of their largest years ever

  • PIC buttons up £1.3bn buy-in deal with Coats Group

    04 September 2024

    The deal involved transferring illiquid assets held by the pension scheme

  • Broadstone praises "gold standard" of insurance in UK pension schemes

    29 August 2024

    But there are signs of slowdown in smaller end of the market

  • Prudential selected for $221m industry-first multi-employer PRT deal

    29 August 2024

    To take on pensions for some 8,700 retirees at Sound Retirement Trust

  • The heat is on for US asset-intensive reinsurance regulations

    29 August 2024

    At its summer meeting, the NAIC put forward proposals for tightening up the supervision of life reinsurance transactions. It could either spoil or secure what is now a very lucrative market. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • LGRA's CEO talks up the three trillion PRT opportunity

    26 August 2024

    George Palms has built Legal and General Retirement America's US PRT business from scratch. But he sees much more opportunity for growth, he tells Sarfraz Thind

  • Standard Life's Kunal Sood: UK's BPA market set for strong finish in 2024

    19 August 2024

    Over £40bn of bulk purchase annuities (BPA) expected to transact by the end of the year

  • Just Group sealed 31% more pension de-risking sales in H1

    13 August 2024

    Company profit rose 44% in H1 against same time last year