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£1.4bn buy-in secures the benefits of 4,900 retirees and 5,600 deferred members.
More than 15,000 customers were active in one quarter for the first time in over a year, according to industry group the Equity Release Council.
The transaction secures the benefits of all 154 members, comprising 37 pensioners and 117 deferred members.
The £120m agreement insures Lufthansa Group’s three UK defined benefit pension schemes in one integrated transaction.
Taking place on Tuesday, 20th May, 2025 in London’s Canary Wharf district, the Life ILS Conference 2025 will be the event’s sixth edition.
The insurance market has responded to meet the growing demand for de-risking solutions for defined benefit pension funds with both innovation and new participants – and further developments are anticipated.
The UK defined benefit pensions de-risking market is likely to see £50bn in bulk annuity transactions and £20bn in longevity swaps in 2025, according to WTW’s annual De-risking Report.
£53m deal is Royal London’s latest since entering BPA market last year.
LaBert most recently served as CEO at the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies.
Prismic will reinsure approximately $7 billion of reserves backing USD-denominated Japanese whole life insurance policies which were recently originated by Prudential’s Japanese affiliates.