Browsing: Pension Risk Transfer
Longevity and Mortality Investor’s coverage of the pension risk transfer market, providing analysis, commentary and insights on the global PRT space.
The transaction secures the benefits of all the 100 deferred members and 382 pensioner members in the BDO ES Pension Scheme as well as all 191 deferred members and 330 pensioner members of the BDO Pension Scheme.
Finalised in July 2025, the transaction secures the benefits of more than 440 members of the scheme.
The buy-in insures the benefits of the remaining 105 uninsured members of the Scheme.
The latest Milliman Pension Buyout Index shows that during July, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process inched down from 100.2% to 100.1% of a plan’s accounting liabilities.
The transaction, completed in July 2025, included a £620m in-specie asset transfer of UK and US corporate bonds and UK gilts.
The transaction completed in March 2025 and secures the benefits of all 679 scheme members, comprising 299 pensioners and dependents as well as 380 deferred members.
The transaction, which covers around 190 deferred and pensioner members, builds on a previous buy-in completed with L&G in 2012 that covered approximately £23m of pensioner liabilities.
The ROM Group Pension & Life Assurance Scheme Completes Bulk Purchase Annuity Buy-In With Just Group
The transaction, completed in June 2025, insures the benefits of all 249 members, 124 deferred and 125 pensioners.
Insurers have to be more creative to win pension schemes’ business, with enhanced and value-added member services the main focus of innovation
Pension trustees face a critical challenge: ensuring their credit investments are aligned with both market conditions and insurer expectations.