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MetLife’s 2025 Pension Risk Transfer Poll reveals 94% of plan sponsors with de-risking goals plan to fully divest pension liabilities – most within five years.
The most recent mortality monitor from the Continuous Mortality Investigation shows that overall mortality in England and Wales in the third quarter of 2025 was lower than in any other quarter. The previous record low was for the third quarter of 2020, in the aftermath of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Trustees of the Ferno (UK) Limited Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme have agreed a c. £4m full scheme buy-in with Legal & General. The transaction was agreed in October 2025 and covers approximately 100 scheme members.
Canada Life has appointed Dominic Carpenter as Bulk Purchase Annuities Commercial & Strategy Director, a new role at the firm. Carpenter will lead the commercial development of Canada Life’s bulk annuities business and drive initiatives across commercial strategy, reinsurance and pricing to support its BPA growth ambitions.
Generali Investments’ wholly owned subsidiary, Conning & Company, will acquire a majority stake in private credit manager MGG and its affiliates. MGG will continue to be led by CEO & CIO Kevin Griffin with no changes to MGG’s investment strategy or processes.
The BP Pension Fund has completed a £1.6bn bulk purchase annuity buy-in transaction with Legal & General. The deal was the first pension risk transfer transaction for the c.£18bn fund; L&G provided a gilt-based price lock using the fund’s gilt holdings to ensure price certainty.
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company and Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York, will assume responsibility for pension benefits for approximately 3,150 retirees and beneficiaries.
Athene will reinsure an in-force block of US dollar denominated whole life insurance policies and will enter into an agreement with reinsurer Swiss Re to retrocede all mortality risk associated with the block.
This latest buy-in covers 758 members and marks the first transaction completed with Quantum Advisory.
Total US pension risk transfer new premium fell 64% in the second quarter of 2025 to $4.1bn, according to LIMRA’s U.S. Group Annuity Risk Transfer Sales Survey.