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  • LCP forecasts another entrant to UK bulk annuity market in 2023

    04 January 2023

    The insurance consultancy makes its predictions for the year ahead

  • PRT market set for bumper growth, says Prudential Financial

    07 December 2022

    Q3 was second biggest quarter ever for US pension risk transfers

  • PIC sees pension risk transfer market of £30bn over next year

    21 November 2022

    Rise in gilt yields making headline liabilities smaller

  • UK pension risk deals could reach £200bn over next three years

    28 October 2022

    LCP says this compares with around £30bn transferred in each of the past two years

  • Complete UK Solvency II overhaul may be lesser priority for Rishi Sunak

    25 October 2022

    With the third prime minister in seven weeks, UK insurers face more regulatory uncertainty

  • Uncertainty over UK Solvency II reform as Liz Truss leadership teeters

    14 October 2022

    The UK has been hit with extreme economic volatility since last month's mini budget

  • Beware behavioural bias in insurance reserving, actuaries warn

    14 October 2022

    Insurance consultancy LCP polled UK senior actuaries on the issue and ways to address it

  • Double-edged sword for UK insurers as mini-budget spooks markets

    23 September 2022

    British gilt yields surge, and pound falls sharply, as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveils tax cuts

  • Will Liz Truss's Solvency II rhetoric be backed up by action?

    06 September 2022

    UK's new prime minister promised to reform insurance regulation during leadership bid

  • PRT market set for a blazing H2

    16 August 2022

    The UK's pension risk transfer market (PRT) is on course for a very busy second half of the year, after relatively modest activity in H1. Solvency II reforms are also likely to impact the sector, as Ronan McCaughey explains