Insurance & Reinsurance

NN Group Transfers Long Term Pension Exposure, Improves Solvency Ratio

NN Group (NN) announces today that its subsidiary NN Life has completed three transactions to transfer the full longevity risk associated with in total approximately EUR 13.5 billion of pension liabilities in the Netherlands. This […]

HR & Employment

Mercer’s Survey Looks at Pension Schemes Deficit for 2019

Mercer’s Pensions Risk Survey data shows that the accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the UK’s 350 largest listed companies increased from £38bn at the end of November to £40bn on 31 […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Bulk Annuities Market Getting Back to Normal in 2020, Says Willis Towers

The bulk annuity market is set to return to ‘normal’ levels in 2020 with £30bn worth of deals expected over the course of the year, according to Willis Towers Watson. This is down from an anticipated […]

Fraud

Are They Prosecuting Business Owners Who Dodge the Peoples Pension? Yes

This news is from the Pensions Regulator office; a government agency overseeing the Peoples Pension scheme. It’s been a long, somewhat patchy, roll-out, with lower paid and part-timers initially exempt from the scheme, but those […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker Update: LV= Adds Eight Ethical Pension Fund Options

More consumers than ever are looking to invest their savings in ethical funds, rather than worry about making as much money as possible. On top of that the EU is planning more regulation for the […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Deals: Phoenix Group Makes £144m Purchase of Aegeon Pension Annuity

Phoenix Group, Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator, today announces that it has completed a £144 million bulk purchase annuity with the Trustee of the Aegon UK Staff Retirement and Death Benefit Scheme.  The insurance […]

News

Life Market: Phoenix Covers £460m Worth of M&S Pension Annuities

Phoenix Group, Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator, announces that it has completed a £460 million bulk purchase annuity with the Trustee of the Marks and Spencer Pension Scheme covering a further portion of its […]