Archive

  • UK life insurers shocked by pensions rule change

    19 March 2014

    Pensioners will no longer have to buy an annuity at retirement

  • Prudential returns to bulk annuity market with £100m buy-in

    11 March 2014

    Deal covers 70% of Church Workers Pension Fund's members

  • L&G trebles bulk annuity business

    05 March 2014

    More growth expected in bulk than individual annuity markets

  • L&G: Clarity on Solvency II capital will take another 18 months

    05 March 2014

    Anticipates Solvency II capital surplus to be no lower than its Solvency I IGD capital surplus

  • UK annuities market faces competition probe

    10 February 2014

    Move likely to benefit open-market annuity providers

  • Two L&G deals bring pension de-risking transactions to £16bn in 2013

    19 December 2013

    Latest arrangement transfers £1.7bn in liabilities for BAE Systems schemes

  • Longevity risk deals plagued by complexity

    12 December 2013

    Longevity transactions are often weighed down by legal complexities, scores of advisers and trustees not sure what they are looking to achieve from the deal, according to panellists at InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk and Capital event

  • Solvency II costs L&G £170m so far

    19 November 2013

    Work on Solvency III will happen before 2016, L&G's CEO told Insurance Risk and Capital delegates

  • UK pension fund buy-in deals could reach £5bn in 2013

    30 July 2013

    Market shifts in favour of bulk annuity deals

  • PIC strikes largest UK pension buy-out deal

    09 July 2013

    Insures £1.5bn liabilities of EMI pension fund