Opinion

Insurers Need to Think Carefully On Pension Transfers

This latest Opinion piece is by Sai Perry, Head of Solutions Europe and Asia, Clearwater Analytics. It looks at the challenges faced by pension fund managers, as they look to navigate the choppy investment waters […]

News

L&G Agrees Buy-In On Jarvis Group Scheme

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (“Legal & General”) today announces that it has agreed a c.£13 million full scheme buy-in for the Jarvis Group Limited Pension Plan (“the Plan”), securing the benefits of more […]

News

Insurance Development Fund Invests in Ghana

The Ghana Ministry of Finance, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the German Government, and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), announced today the launch of a Tripartite project to develop a sovereign risk transfer scheme for urban […]

Insurance Brokers

FCA Update on British Steel/Tata Pension Mis-Selling

Latest from the FCA; a definite win for the pensioners after a long battle, although why such poor advice was given out after the Tata exit, in a supposedly highly regulated market, is baffling. These […]

News

Deals: Aviva Completes Bulk Purchase on Church Workers Fund

Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd today announces it has completed a £160m bulk purchase annuity buy-in transaction with the trustees of the Church Workers Pension Fund.  Aviva will insure the defined benefit pensioner liabilities […]

Global insurance trends

IDF Looks at Catastrophe Resilience

The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public-private partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by the UN, World Bank and other international organisations, announces today a trilateral partnership with MapAction and Start Network, to accelerate anticipatory action […]

Global insurance trends

Insurers Help Fund Summa Equity’s Investment Plans

Summa Equity has raised 2.3 billion euros ($2.6 billion), reports Reuters UK, for Europe’s biggest-ever ‘impact’ fund, which is focused on helping meet the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Insurers have staked millions into the […]