Browsing: 2026 – April

Having entered into a full scheme pension buy-in with the trustees of the Noble Foods Limited Pension Scheme in April 2025, Utmost Life and Pensions has now issued 455 individual buy-out policies to scheme members and dependants less than a year after entering into the initial buy-in contract.

The transaction secures the benefits of 13 deferred and pensioner members with L&G and represents the second transaction completed under Isio’s PenUltimate Micro framework.

The positive changes in DB scheme funding over the last couple of years have presented new challenges and opportunities for schemes and a different set of decisions for trustees and sponsors.

Daiichi’s obligations to policyholders will remain unchanged following the reinsurance agreement, and Daiichi will continue to administer and service the policies.

2025 saw a shift in the risk transfer market towards smaller pension schemes, says Hymans Robertson in its latest report.

Longevity and Mortality Investor’s Editor’s Letter for the April 2026 issue.

Two recent litigation cases produced opposite results for the life settlement market.

Industry continues to model the potential upside of a successful rollout of MCED technology despite its newness.

Highest ever volume of buy-in transactions show market in maturation stage.

How durational mortality curves, stochastic A/E analysis and independent audits can strengthen investor confidence and fund sustainability.