Browsing: 2026 – January

Primula Ltd Pension Scheme Completes Bulk Purchase Annuity Buy-In With PIC. The deal covers the 74 plan members.

During December, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process inched up 20 basis points, from 100.1% to 100.3%, of a plan’s accounting liabilities.

The equity release market in the UK grew 11% in 2025, according to the latest research from industry group the Equity Release Council.

The Finnair Oyj Retirement Benefit Scheme has secured a £4m full scheme bulk purchase annuity buy-in with Aviva. The Scheme is sponsored by Finnair Oyj, the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland.

Actuarial Guideline 55 is designed to provide regulators with more transparency into the asset adequacy of offshore asset-intensive life reinsurance structures.

The past 12 months have seen significant developments that are likely to shape mortality models among defined benefit pension scheme managers and sponsors alike, and possibly even have an impact on the pricing of de-risking deals.

The UK’s pension risk transfer market posted another strong year in 2025 both in terms of activity and aggregate premium transacted. Greg Winterton caught up with Alan Greenlees, Professional Trustee and Head of Risk Transfer at ZEDRA, to get his insights on a range of sub-topics within the space as 2026 begins in this month’s Q&A.

In today’s rapidly evolving insurance landscape, the arrival of AI in Life and Health underwriting and claims workflows is no longer a distant possibility – it’s already a reality.

The transaction, finalised in December, covers more than 1,600 members and marks Royal London’s second largest external buy-in to date, after the £275m transaction completed with the Grant Thornton Pensions Fund in May of last year.

Despite property representing a major source of household wealth, equity release is largely still absent from retirement planning discussions in the UK, according to new research from Canada Life.