Archive

  • UK's first pensions superfund to disrupt the bulk annuity market

    01 December 2021

    Regulator approves Clara Pensions, but insurers disapprove

  • Pension Insurance Corporation seals 2021's largest PRT deal

    04 October 2021

    Insurer takes on £2.2bn of liabilities from UK pension scheme

  • Pacific Life Re recruits Richard Purcell from Hymans Robertson

    15 April 2021

    Purcell will help to manage and grow the reinsurer's UK and Irish protection market business

  • UK pension risk transfer demand could soar to £100bn

    09 April 2021

    LCP says insurers need to be prepared for the volumes of pension risk transfer business it expects later in this decade. Ronan McCaughey explains why there is such an upbeat outlook for the sector

  • The new risks emerging from remote working

    05 January 2021

    The long-term effects of relocating staff from offices to their homes, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are beginning to be understood. Risk managers have been satisfied in some respects, but deep concerns about staff wellbeing and the impacts on culture remain. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Three pension insurer CEOs join ABI board

    09 November 2020

    Tracy Blackwell, Addy Loudiadis and Andy Curran are the appointees

  • PIC's profits and deal volumes drop in H1

    10 September 2020

    But bulk annuity provider continues to expand business despite Covid-19 disruption

  • UK insurers fight for tougher rules for pension superfunds

    18 June 2020

    DB consolidation vehicles given greenlight to operate

  • UK insurance industry to raise £100m to fight Covid-19

    18 May 2020

    Supporters include Lloyd's of London and Aviva

  • PIC completes second buy-in with Co-op

    15 April 2020

    The £400m deal covers 2,000 pension scheme members