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Over £500bn of pension scheme liabilities now insured – Hymans Robertson
Hymans Robertson expects that £1trn of pension scheme liabilities will have been insured by 2035.
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Pensions & Retirement
L&G Flow solution passes £1bn mark in smaller pension scheme deals
Transactions this year ranged from £2m to more than £80m, showing Flow’s ability to support a wide range of pension schemes.
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Just Group completes £7m buy-in for Ridsdale Pension and Death Benefit Trust
The deal secures benefits for 30 members, including 22 pensioners and 8 deferred members.
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Canada Life completes £330m pensions buy-in with Comet Pension Scheme
The deal secures the benefits of 4,500 pension scheme members.
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Member experience drives pension scheme buy-ins and buy-outs – Hymans Robertson
The firm reported that trustees are doing more checks on insurers’ admin capabilities to see what kind of service members will get both during and after the transaction.
Pensions & Retirement
Aviva completes £160m BPA buy-in with the SG Pension Fund
The deal, finalised in August 2025, covers the pension benefits of over 1,900 members.
Pensions & Retirement
Just Group completes £23m buy-in for the ROM Group Pension & Life Assurance Scheme
The scheme was sponsored by ROM Limited, a specialist reinforcement manufacturer within the construction industry.
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Standard Life completes £1.9bn BPA with Sedgwick Section of MMC UK Pension Fund
The transaction covered the benefits of around 6,500 members, all former Sedgwick Group staff.
Pensions & Retirement
Rothesay completes £900m buy-in for National Grid Pension Scheme
The deal, finalised in July 2025, is the third buy-in between the two, bringing the total value of the scheme’s de-risked liabilities with Rothesay to £4.5bn.
Pensions & Retirement
British Heart Foundation Staff Pension Scheme completes £37m buy-in with Royal London
The scheme covers more than 200 members, including 118 pensioners, their dependants and 85 deferred pensioners.
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Pension schemes must prepare early to avoid buy-out delays, says Hymans Robertson
Research found that 76% of professional trustees saw delays after full scheme buy-in, with the average delay at six months.
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M&G completes £205m buy-in with Huntsman Pension Scheme
WTW acted as risk transfer adviser to the trustee, with Squire Patton Boggs as legal advisers and Mercer as investment consultants.