defined benefit

Low & Bonar has completed a medically underwritten buy-in of £34m of liabilities within its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

Adrian Humphreys has been appointed to lead the health and risk business of JLT Employee Benefits as it looks to beef up services for clients.

Royal Mail Pension Plan is the first scheme to have its in-house administration team gain reaccreditation from the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).

DB schemes will not vanish from FTSE 250 companies in the next 12 months according to PP research.

Pension fund boards and executive committees across Europe have shown the strongest female representation in the capital markets sector, according to a report by New Financial.

All open defined benefit schemes in the FTSE 250 are set to close within 12 months, according to JLT Employee Benefits (EB).

Gerald Wellesley has been appointed a director at HR Trustees where he will help the firm grow its professional trustee services.

Women who are most vulnerable to changes in the state pension should not receive help from the government to make transitional arrangements according to PP research.

The Pensions Institute has predicted there will be rapid growth in medically underwritten bulk annuities as schemes turn to ‘top-sliced' deals and traditional insurers get into the market.

State pension reform could cost local authorities and public sector contractors £1bn if the government forces them to pay for inflation protection, according to Mercer.