medical underwriting
Defined Benefit
The Kingfisher Pension Scheme has undergone a £230m medically underwritten buy-in with Legal & General (L&G) in a landmark deal for the bulk annuity market.
24 March 2016
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1 min read
Risk Management
Data cleansing is an increasingly important step in the path to bulk annuities especially with growth in medical underwriting. Kristian Brunt Seymour explores how it can benefit schemes.
22 February 2016
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7 min read
Risk Reduction
BSW Timber has saved £5m in liabilities and reduced its deficit by a quarter due to a medically underwritten mortality study (MUMS).
08 February 2016
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2 min read
Bulk Annuities
Low & Bonar has completed a medically underwritten buy-in of £34m of liabilities within its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.
03 February 2016
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1 min read
Bulk Annuities
As medically underwritten deals reach record levels, PP looks at why this market is booming.
25 January 2016
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4 min read
Bulk Annuities
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.
13 January 2016
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3 min read
Bulk Annuities
Volumes of buy-ins and buy-outs exceeded £11bn for 2015 according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
08 January 2016
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The Institute of Chartered Accountants Staff Pensions Fund has insured £30m of liabilities through its second medically underwritten buy-in in under two years.
10 December 2015
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Defined Benefit
Age Partnership has launched a service to gather member information for schemes exploring a medically underwritten bulk annuity deal.
10 September 2015
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Law and Regulation
The vast majority of people in the industry believe the tax treatment of pensions is an effective incentive for people to save for retirement, according to research.
20 August 2015
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