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Who really wins from DB’s “risk transfer” to insurers?
In a long and well -informed “big read”, the FT has published its thoughts on the structural shift in DB pension provision known as bulk buy-out. The article begins with the memories of 71 year old John Shaw and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aviva, buy-out, Canada Life, Insurers, Just, L&G, Phoenix, PIC, Rothesay Life, Scottish Widows
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Truell claims buy-out “reinsurance” is “superfunds through the back-door”.
I recently reported on the Bank of England and Prudential Regulatory Authority’s concern that Insurers were passing on the management of assets and liabilities via reinsurance using captives in Bermuda and other offshore havens. This strikes the common reader as … Continue reading
Has TPR become the insurer’s new trade body?
Over the bank holiday weekend, I’ve been blogging about the new orthodoxy, that buy-out of benefits is in the member’s best interests. Quietroom have published an article in Professional Pensions explaining how best to get this message across and … Continue reading
Quietroom – shouldn’t we be asking not telling members about being “bought out”?
Simon Grover of Quietroom has written an article about communicating buy-out to members (who are about to be bought out). It urges us not to forget the member, but suggests what the member thinks is an afterthought I am usually … Continue reading
LCP – doh ray me!
We were having a sing song yesterday afternoon and it got “pensionlitical”. Doh! – it’s dear – DB is dear Ray – I read it in the Sun Me – DC! I’m by myself Fah – how long will drawdown … Continue reading
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Tagged buy-out, DB, Diversity, Insurance, LCP, Pensions, Stuart McDonald
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LCP finds partners to auto-cleanse pensions data
LCP has clubbed up with Transunion, the credit checker and Digidentity the digital identity verifier to work out better ways to get scheme data ready for buy-out and/or display on pension dashboards. It is also pretty important in paying them! … Continue reading
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Tagged buy-out, Data, LCP, Pension Dashboard, pension data, Steve Webb, TPA, Transunion
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Are you suffering from Premature Buy-Out?
This is the testimony of a member of a defined benefit pension scheme. It’s anonymous but none the worse for that. Anyone who is in a corporately sponsored defined benefit pension plan should be considering the implications of their scheme … Continue reading
Who’ll benefit from easing insurer’s capital requirements?
NEW: UK Govt says it’s “committed” to ensuring the insurance regime remains a “safe home” for people’s pensions. but also that UK insurers “remain internationally competitive”. Govt was responding to a written question on the impact of Solvency2 reforms.https://t.co/FuwkoouYOR — … Continue reading