Author: LMI Newsdesk

Overall mortality rates in England and Wales in the first half of 2026 were lower than in any previous first half of the year for males and females, according to the UK’s Continuous Mortality Investigation.

This transaction is Resolution Life’s fourth in two months following three recent deals in Asia.

£5m transaction, completed in June 2026, secures the pensions of 14 deferred and 34 pensioner members of the scheme and completes the buy-in of all scheme liabilities.

£35m bulk purchase annuity buy-in with PIC. The transaction secures the benefits of all 253 scheme members.

$3.8bn in buy-out and buy-in sales in the first quarter of 2026 reflects a 47% decline compared to the same period last year.

Constellation Institutional Markets, through its affiliated insurance companies, now provides group annuity contract solutions designed to help plan sponsors reduce pension risk, improve balance sheet certainty, and continuation of participant benefits.

Canada Life has delivered a £48m full-scheme bulk purchase annuity buy-in with a pension scheme in the oil and gas industry, securing the future benefits for more than 500 pensioner and deferred members.

Total ceded reserves to sidecars or entities engaged in sidecar-like activity increased to more than $90bn in 2025 from $55bn in 2023.

Hannover Re will continue as a key shareholder and remains committed to Monument and Sixth Street’s strategy for the business moving forward.

£35m bulk purchase annuity buy-in with PIC. The transaction secures the benefits of 168 scheme members.