In 2020 the first capital-backed journey plan (CBJP) was completed, ushering a new way of transferring risk from the books of defined benefit schemes. The emergence of a de-risking structure underwrit
2025-04-14
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Capital-Backed Journey Plans Re-Enter Defined Benefit Pension De-Risking Debate as New Rules Loom
UK Pension Risk Transfer Market Sees Six Insurers Each Write Over £5bn for the First Time
Analysis by Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) shows that 2024 was another strong year for the UK pension risk transfer market, with a record-breaking 298 buy-ins / outs totalling £47.8bn plus £0.8bn of s
2025-04-01
Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Enters Into Third and Fourth Longevity Hedging Transactions with Rothesay Life
Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Limited has entered into two new longevity insurance and reinsurance arrangements to further protect the Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes from the cost of un
2025-04-01
InEvo Re Announces First Transaction With a UK Insurer to Support Pension Risk Transfer Business
Bermuda-based InEvo Re, a reinsurer established by Macquarie Asset Management, has entered into an agreement with a leading UK insurer to reinsure their PRT liabilities, including both pensions in pay
2025-04-01
Spotlight on Longevity Capital Models
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2025-04-01
Falls: Significance in Life Expectancy Underwriting
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2025-03-31
Q&A: Roger Lawrence, Managing Director, W L Consulting
In the summer of 2024, the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority announced the latest planned iteration of their insurance stress tests – now branded Life Insurance Stress Tests (LIST) –
2025-03-31
Central Bank of Ireland AIFMD Q&A Update Provides Boost to Alternative Investment Funds
Ireland’s status as a popular European domicile for life settlement funds is rooted in the country’s double tax treaty with the US which allows Irish investment vehicles, such as Section 110 companies
2025-03-31
Recent Developments in Kidney Disease Treatment to Have Little Short Term Impact on Life Expectancy
The extent to which someone has chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the actual stage of the CKD is indicated by the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a measure of how well the kidneys filter b
2025-03-19
Questions Over UK Pension Risk Transfer Market as Government Mulls Defined Benefit Pension Surplus Changes
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ announcement at the end of January that she wants to unshackle billions of pounds locked in defined benefit (DB) pension fund surpluses has raised questio
2025-03-19
How Many Life Insurers Can the UK Pension Risk Transfer Market Sustain?
Earlier this month, Brookfield, under its Brookfield Wealth division, announced that it was entering the UK’s pension risk transfer (PRT) market, having gone through the approval process carried out b
2025-03-19
Sanofi Pension Scheme Completes Bulk Purchase Annuity Buy-In Transaction with Legal & General
Life Risk News is delighted to announce registration is now open for the Life ILS Conference 2025, the leading forum for capital markets, business and academia participants in the longevity and mortal
2025-03-03
