Charlie Finch
Risk Reduction
The impact of Solvency II on bulk annuity pricing will be limited, but schemes with generous options could see hefty increases, finds Jack Jones
09 December 2015
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Risk Reduction
Increased insurer competition, greater regulatory certainty and easier access to capital could boost the bulk annuity market 50% next year, according to a report from LCP.
02 December 2015
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Risk Reduction
Insurers completed just £800m of buyouts and buy-ins in the first quarter of the year, according research from LCP, far below the £4.4bn written in the first quarter of 2014.
13 May 2015
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Bulk Annuities
Insurance companies are now providing benefits for more than 500,000 UK defined benefit members after a record year for buyout and buy-ins, research shows.
05 April 2012
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Bulk Annuities
Industry figures are expecting a host of de-risking insurance deals to be undertaken by "quasi-public sector" schemes in the coming months.
06 October 2011
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Bulk Annuities
Buyout deals totalled £8.1bn last year, with £1.6bn of this business written in Q4 alone, research by JLT Pension Capital Strategies shows.
16 March 2011
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Investment
Insurers will be forced to increase buyout prices in the medium term unless CPI-linked instruments are issued in the coming months, Punter Southall says.
13 October 2010
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