All Buy-in articles
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News
Water company insures pension scheme with Just for £120m
South East Water has secured “complex” benefit structures through a buy-in with Just Group, completed in December 2024.
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Building society locks down member benefits with £105m buy-in
Rothesay has insured all 705 scheme members of the Skipton Building Society (2015) Group Pension Scheme through a buy-in completed in January.
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Just Group secures £12m buy-in with Englass pension scheme
The transaction made use of Aon’s process designed for small pension scheme de-risking deals.
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Mining giant Anglo American seals triple buy-in with L&G
L&G has completed £1.2bn worth of bulk annuity deals so far this year and is “actively pricing” on other deals worth a combined £17bn.
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Opinion
Recognising the role of annuities in the UK’s growth agenda
Hetty Ahern of the Association of British Insurers explores how the insurance sector can – and does – support the UK’s growth investment agenda.
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News
Bulk annuities latest: Canada Life secures landmark £361m buy-in
Canada Life has completed one of its biggest bulk annuity deals, a £361m buy-in with an unnamed pension scheme.
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News
Bulk annuities latest: M&G, L&G and Just seal full scheme buy-ins
M&G has insured a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme sponsored by an unnamed asset manager for £111m.
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News
Bulk annuities latest: Utmost to overhaul IT infrastructure
Plus, buy-in deals sealed by Standard Life and Legal & General worth a combined £620m.
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News
Competition for small scheme bulk annuity deals increasing, data shows
Plus: Royal London lands buy-in deals with Lufthansa schemes and PIC insures financial regulator’s pension plan.
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Features
Innovation needed to stop illiquid assets delaying bulk annuities
Consultancy giant Aon has written to insurers calling for more innovation on tackling illiquid assets held by pension schemes approaching the bulk annuity market.
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News
L&G insures Sanofi pension fund for £1.4bn
Legal & General (L&G) has completed a £1.4bn buy-in with the Sanofi Pension Scheme, sponsored by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi.
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News
2024 was record year for bulk annuities, data shows
Preliminary data on bulk annuity transactions shows that approximately £52bn worth of deals were completed last year – a new record.
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News
Royal London insures Rockwool scheme through £53m buy-in
Royal London has insured the defined benefit pension scheme for insulation manufacturer Rockwool through a £53m buy-in.
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PRA warns of ‘systemic risk’ building up in bulk annuity market
The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has warned of “systemic risk” within the bulk annuity market as insurers compete for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes’ business.
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News
Utmost hires former Rothesay CFO to lead bulk annuity market push
Utmost Life and Pensions, one of the newest entrants to the UK bulk annuity market, has appointed former Rothesay Life chief financial officer Andrew Stoker as chief executive.
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News
Compass takes a bite out of DB risk with £1.5bn buy-in
Food services company Compass Group has secured the “majority” of its DB scheme’s membership through a £1.5bn bulk annuity deal with Standard Life.
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News
LCP forecasts more new entrants to bulk annuity market in 2025
This year will bring a new defined benefit (DB) consolidator and another entrant to the bulk annuity market, according to consultancy group LCP.
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Bulk annuities latest: PIC insures first scheme through Mosaic framework
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has completed its first buy-in transaction using its new streamlined system for small schemes.
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News
Royal London and Just Group announce buy-in deals
Royal London has announced its fifth transaction since entering the bulk annuity market earlier this year.
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News
Bulk annuities latest: PIC insures Hays Pension Scheme for £370m
Pension Insurance Corporation has completed a £370m buy-in of the Hays Pension Scheme.