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• Record insurer activity drives £47.8bn in buy-in / buy out deals in 2024

  27 March 2025

  Six insurers each wrote more than £5bn in deals for the first time, LCP finds

• LCP predicts vibrant UK PRT market and continued high deal flow in 2025

  02 January 2025

  The consultancy expects continued favourable buy-in pricing in 2025 as new entrants make their mark

• Rothesay writes £11bn bulk annuity for NatWest across multiple deals

  06 November 2024

  Bank's pension scheme has largest volume of liabilities insured of any UK scheme to date

• Labour election win could hit UK bulk annuity volumes

  19 June 2024

  Labour's support for the Mansion House reforms is also likely to expand the endgame options for pension schemes

• Rothesay swoops for £6bn Scottish Widows bulk annuity portfolio

  13 March 2024

  The deal will enable Lloyds Banking Group to focus on growing other lines of business

• UK bulk annuity market prepares for potentially six more providers

  29 November 2023

  Rumours continue to swirl about firms entering the booming pension risk transfer market, while at the same time, another is considering exiting the sector. Ronan McCaughey and Christopher Cundy report

• UK pension risk transfer volumes hit £44.7bn in 2022

  21 March 2023

  LCP says Legal & General had the highest share of the UK bulk annuity market

• LCP forecasts another entrant to UK bulk annuity market in 2023

  04 January 2023

  The insurance consultancy makes its predictions for the year ahead

• Double-edged sword for UK insurers as mini-budget spooks markets

  23 September 2022

  British gilt yields surge, and pound falls sharply, as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveils tax cuts

• UK Solvency II reforms could boost bulk annuities market

  25 February 2022

  LCP partner Charlie Finch explains how changes to the rules could impact the de-risking market