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UK Drafts Rules for Releasing Surplus From Defined-Benefit Pension Schemes
This includes investing in the wider economy. The Association of British Insurers said the rules need to more clearly define how well-funded a scheme needs to be prior to releasing ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 11, 2026
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MetLife Unit Inks $1.8 Billion Pension Risk Transfer Deal With Kodak
Chariot Reinsurance Ltd. covering structured settlement annuities and group annuity contracts associated with pension risk transfers (BestWire, July 2, 2025). The deal was ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 27, 2025
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Legal & General Completes $6.13 Billion Pension Risk Transfer Deals With Ford Motor Funds
Legal & General Assurance Society Ltd. said it has completed the largest pension risk transfer transaction in the United Kingdom this year with a £4.6 billion ($6.13 billion) ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 27, 2025
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Legal & General: US, UK PRT Markets to Reach Combined $329 Billion
Legal & General Retirement America, said in a statement. "The average transaction premium rose by 20% when compared to H1 2023, reflecting the growing demand for buyouts and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 5, 2024
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Geico Seeks Dismissal of Agent’s Denial of Benefits Lawsuit
James Moyer's complaint in the Southern District of Ohio. Moyer filed the suit earlier this year, asking the court to issue a declaration that he and other agents are employees, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 13, 2023
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US and UK Pension Risk Transfer Markets Saw Strong Second Half in 2021
https://bestsreview.ambest.com/edition/2022/march/index.html#page=79
Source: Best's Review   Date: March 1, 2022
Best’s Special Report: Low Interest Rates Leading to Sharp Decline in Insurer Defined Benefit Plans
Reserve kept rates very low to stem the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. While interest started to rise late in 2020, the baseline discount rate to determine plan obligations is ...
Source: Press Releases   Date: April 5, 2021
Best’s Special Report: Low Interest Rates Leading to Sharp Decline in Insurer Defined Benefit Plans
Reserve kept rates very low to stem the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. While interest started to rise late in 2020, the baseline discount rate to determine plan obligations is ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 5, 2021
 Special Report: Low Interest Rates Reinforce Long-Term Drop in Insurer DB Plans
Use of DB plans remains low as plan terminations rise.
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Source: Special Reports   Date: April 5, 2021
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US Supreme Court Sides With Pension Plan Administrators in $750 Million Class-Action Suit
Justice Brett Kavanaugh. "Both have been paid all of their monthly pension benefits so far and are legally and contractually entitled to those payments for the rest of their ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 1, 2020
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Secure Retirement Institute: 2019 Single-Premium Pension Buyout Contracts Increase to $28 Billion
American International Group Inc., are turning to PRT deals in order to boost revenue from their retirement business segments (Best's News Service Aug. 8, 2019). In late January, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 27, 2020
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Legal & General Puts £100 Million in Pension Risk Transfer Money Into Affordable Housing
Executive Nigel Wilson said in the statement. "We have already directly invested over £22 billion into new homes, urban regeneration, clean energy and transport infrastructure. ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 18, 2020
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Aon Survey: UK Defined Benefit Plans Moving Toward Flexible Options
Pension Risk Survey 2019. Aon, which described the change in thinking as "staggering," said the trend has been influenced by the maturing of many plans and the determination of ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 11, 2019
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Best’s Special Report: Defined Benefit Plans Having Impact on Insurers’ Balance Sheets; Pressure to Decrease Unfunded Obligation
The use of defined benefit plans to fund retirement benefits has generally been declining since the late 1980s, as falling interest rates and lower asset returns have led to higher ...
Source: Press Releases   Date: November 8, 2017
Best’s Special Report: Defined Benefit Plans Having Impact on Insurers’ Balance Sheets; Pressure to Decrease Unfunded Obligation
The use of defined benefit plans to fund retirement benefits has generally been declining since the late 1980s, as falling interest rates and lower asset returns have led to higher ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 8, 2017
 Special Report: Impact of Defined Benefit Plans on Insurer Balance Sheets
Insurance companies providing pension benefits and other post-retirement benefits to their employees through defined benefit plans have experienced an increase in statutory surplus...
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Source: Special Reports   Date: November 6, 2017
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Great-West Creates New Investment Division, Promotes Company EVP to President
Advised Assets Group LLC. He will also head the company's general account, stable value and income products that are offered in the retirement market, according to the company. He ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 18, 2016
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Sun Life: Combined Annuity Buy-In With Two Pension Plans Set Canadian Group Record
Canadian pension plan sponsors. Pricing was conditional on both purchases occurring at the same time, and the deal was finalized in December. The transaction transferred both ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 26, 2016
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Silver Lining
Middle East, Turkey, Africa). "We are watching Japan very carefully from all countries, Asia and the West." Japan is not alone among the "super aged," a term the United Nations ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: March 1, 2015
In First US Pension Risk-Transfer of 2015, Prudential to Sell Group Annuity to Ohio Manufacturer in $600M Deal
... Special Report on the same subject. Prudential Financial Inc., which currently manages the pension benefits of nearly 2 million participants at more than 5,700 companies, continued ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 23, 2015
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