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  • 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

  • L&G doubles retail annuity sales, but PRT business slows in H1

    07 August 2024

    More than £24bn of active PRT deals in UK, most of which to transact this year

  • NAIC's asset-intensive reinsurance proposals fuel agony and ecstasy

    02 August 2024

    Soon-to-be-unveiled US rules could have a dramatic impact on the business of asset-intensive reinsurance and have drawn a surge of conflicting opinions from consumers, insurers and regulatory advisors. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Royal London completes first external PRT deal

    02 August 2024

    UK insurer reports £30m bulk annuity with undisclosed counterparty