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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.
Melville-Kelly now reports to Jim Boyd, CEO, and remains director of risk and compliance; the restructure follows a December Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) where members agreed to a special resolution broadening the Council’s remit across all forms of later life lending within the regulated mortgage environment.
Well over half (58%) of defined benefit pension scheme members in the UK would support their scheme running on to generate a surplus, according to the latest Excellence in Endgames research paper from Hymans Robertson.