Longevity Risk
Defined Benefit
Mortality improvements have declined for yet another year, ducking previous estimates. James Phillips explores what this means for pension schemes
31 March 2017
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6 min read
Defined Benefit
Higher health and social care spending between 2000 and 2010 may have caused a blip in longevity estimates by accelerating improvements, according to Barnett Waddingham.
29 March 2017
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
Prudential Retirement has reinsured benefits for around 22,500 pensioners, after taking on liabilities from Rothesay Life in their sixth deal together.
10 March 2017
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
Professor David Blake gives his view on how the pensions system can be improved.
16 February 2017
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4 min read
Admin / Technology
The ABI is charging too high fees for providers to take part in the pension dashboard and it would alienate smaller firms, the industry has said.
26 January 2017
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4 min read
Defined Contribution
The OECD believes annuities are part of the solution to prevent people running out of money in retirement. Michael Klimes asks how viable this is in the era of Freedom and Choice
12 December 2016
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
Defined benefit scheme (DB) trustees and sponsors need to think more about how factors such as vaping and obesity will affect longevity risk, according to Mercer.
21 September 2016
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2 min read
Appointments
Legal & General's (L&G) pension risk transfer business has hired Frankie Borrell from Partnership.
16 September 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Pirelli has completed a longevity swap transaction with Zurich for £600m of liabilities across its two main defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.
31 August 2016
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
Scottish Power has completed a longevity swap with Abbey Life to hedge £1bn of liabilities, covering 4,000 pensioners in the Manweb section of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme.
10 August 2016
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2 min read
