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Legal & General Reinsurance appoints Foulger as new independent board member
5th June 2023
Caroline Foulger, former Partner of PwC Bermuda, has been appointed as Independent Board and Committee Member for Legal & General’s Bermuda based reinsurance company, Legal & General Reinsurance. She replaces Derek Stapley who is stepping down in April after a maximum nine years’ service. Foulger is a non-executive director with extensive experience ... Read the full article
L&G announces final £2.7bn buy-in with the British Steel Pension Scheme
18th May 2023
Legal & General has announced a £2.7 billion buy-in with the British Steel Pension Scheme, its final step to fully insure the £7.5 billion scheme which includes the benefits of 67,000 retired and deferred members. This is the fourth and final bulk annuity transaction between BSPS and L&G, which follows a ... Read the full article
L&G and Lifetri announce Dutch Pension Risk Transfer Initiative
20th March 2023
Legal & General (L&G) and Lifetri have announced plans to enter into a long-term strategic relationship, under which L&G will support Lifetri, as it expands to write further Dutch pension risk transfer (PRT) business for defined benefit arrangements. The agreement is subject to regulatory review. Currently the Netherlands is in the process ... Read the full article
L&G sees operating profit rise 12% to £2.5bn amid strong year for PRT business
8th March 2023
Legal & General has reported strong results for 2022, seeing operating profit rise 12% to £2.5bn, with an estimated Solvency II coverage ratio of 236%. Earning per share (EPS) also increased 12% from the previous year to 38.33p, while return on equity stood at 20.7%. L&G estimates that as of March 3rd, ... Read the full article
Legal & General chief executive Nigel Wilson to retire
30th January 2023
Life insurer Legal & General Group Plc has announced the planned retirement of Sir Nigel Wilson after over a decade as Chief Executive. The Group’s Board will now start the search to appoint Wilson’s successor; this process could take around a year, according to L&G. Wilson will continue as Chief Executive until ... Read the full article
L&G agrees £430mn buy-in with Tioxide Pensions Fund
24th January 2023
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited has agreed a £430 million buy-in with the Tioxide Pensions Fund. The transaction, which was agreed in November, secures the benefits of around 2,700 retirees and deferred members. The sponsoring company, Venator Group, is a leading global chemical company. Additionally, the Tioxide Pensions Fund is an existing ... Read the full article
Once again, UnitedHealth is the world’s largest insurer ranked by NPW
11th January 2023
Over 12% growth in net premiums written (NPW) in 2021 ensured that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated remains the world's largest insurance company when ranked by NPW, while global insurer Allianz sits atop the table when ranked by non-banking assets. Our directory of the World’s Largest Insurance Companies, which is ... Read the full article
L&G Retirement America closes year with over $2bn in PRT transactions
20th December 2022
Legal & General Retirement America (LGRA), has hit a historic milestone by completing more than $2 billion in transactions in 2022. This includes the firm’s two largest deals to date at over $500 million each. The company completed a total of 12 pension risk transfer (PRT) transactions throughout 2022. In Q4 22 alone, ... Read the full article
L&G launches reinsurer to target Canadian pension risk transfer
13th December 2022
The Bermuda-based reinsurance arm of Legal & General Group, Legal & General Reinsurance Company No. 2, has launched to target the Canadian pension risk transfer market and has been assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent) by AM ... Read the full article
L&G Retirement America completes $145m pension risk transfer deal with Rolls-Royce
2nd December 2022
Legal & General Retirement America (LGRA) has completed a c.$145 million pension risk transfer (PRT) transaction with Rolls-Royce North America Inc. The deal, which closed in July, covered approximately 1,200 plan participants from the Retirement Plan for Rolls-Royce NA, and also came off the heels of LGRA’s largest H1 to date ... Read the full article
IFRS 17 adoption already impacting L&G operating profit: Berenberg
1st December 2022
A new note from analysts Berenberg says that next year’s adoption of IFRS 17 has led to Legal & General announcing a 20-25% reduction in its operating profit. The firm said that the incoming standard had led to a ‘dominance of annuities’ in Legal & General’s business model, becoming a key ... Read the full article
L&G agrees to £400m buy-in with pension scheme of TT Electronics
21st November 2022
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited has agreed to a £400 million buy-in with the TT Group (1993) Pension Scheme, securing the benefits of circa 5,000 retirees and deferred members. The sponsoring company, TT Electronics plc, is a global provider of design-led, advanced electronic technologies in aerospace and defence, healthcare and ... Read the full article
PRT business continues to perform in a growing global market: L&G
21st November 2022
In its latest market update, Legal & General Group (L&G) has reported that its global Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) business continues to perform strongly, as the firm secured new business wins in each the UK, US and Canada in the last few weeks. Year-to-date, Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) states ... Read the full article
US Pension Risk Transfer market expected to close $27 billion in Q3: LGRA
18th November 2022
Legal & General Retirement America (LGRA) has released its third quarter Pension Risk Transfer Monitor, reporting that it is expected to be the largest Q3 on record and the second largest in market history with $27 billion in transactions closing. LGRA notes that this year's Q3 is only second to 2012’s ... Read the full article
L&G transacts first Assured Payment Policy with a smaller pension scheme
28th October 2022
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited has announced that it has agreed and Assured Payment Policy (APP) transaction of around £10 million with Flour Milling and Baking Research Association Pension and Assurance Scheme marking its sixth APP transaction. The sponsoring company, Campden BRI, is a specialist advisory and research firm for ... Read the full article