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Achmea secures €8bn longevity reinsurance from Munich Re and Pacific Life Re, advised by Aon
11th March 2026
Achmea and Achmea Pension & Life Insurance, the joint venture between Achmea and Sixth Street established on 1 October 2025, have announced the completion of two longevity reinsurance transactions, executed by Achmea Pension & Life Insurance, that together cover approximately €8 billion in pension liabilities and around half of ... Read the full article
Skanska Pension Fund secures £525m full buy-in and novates longevity swap
23rd December 2025
Standard Life has completed a £525 million full buy-in for the Trustee of the Skanska Pension Fund (the Fund), in partnership with its corporate sponsor Skanska UK plc and parent company Skanska AB, covering all c.5,500 members. The transaction included the novation of the Fund’s existing longevity swap with Zurich Assurance ... Read the full article
S&P expects continued expansion of PRT market
21st November 2025
S&P Global Ratings anticipates that the transfer of pension risks to the life insurance industry will continue to grow over the next decade, noting that insurers’ robust capital buffers and prudent mortality assumptions are limiting downside rating risks. S&P’s recent report, “Insuring Longevity Risk In An Aging World,” stated that for ... Read the full article
BBC Pension Scheme finalises £6bn longevity swap with Zurich & MetLife
20th November 2025
The BBC Pension Scheme has completed a longevity swap transaction, covering approximately £6 billion of pensioner liabilities for around 21,000 members, with global insurer Zurich reinsurer MetLife. The deal is designed to provide the BBC Scheme - and the BBC as its sponsor - with further protection against the financial risk ... Read the full article
Zhibao Technology launches Shanghai-based Longevity Risk Lab
11th December 2024
InsurTech company Zhibao Technology announced the launch of the Longevity Risk Lab (LRL) based in Shanghai during its first Longevity Risk Conference on December 8, 2024. The LRL will be co-managed by Zhibao, the Shanghai International Reinsurance Registration and Trading Center (a division of SHIE), and the Insurance School of the ... Read the full article
MetLife enters into £450m longevity swap with Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund
3rd December 2024
The Trustee of the £1 billion Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (MNRPF) has entered into a transaction with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) to manage longevity risk of around £450 million of pensioner and dependant liabilities. This transaction provides long-term protection to MNRPF against costs resulting from pensioners or their dependants ... Read the full article
BT Pension Scheme completes £5bn longevity swap with RGA
1st August 2023
The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) has entered into a longevity reinsurance arrangement with Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) which will further protect BTPS from the cost of unexpected increases in the life expectancy of its members. As mentioned, the arrangement covers £5bn of BTPS pensioner liabilities and follows the £16bn ... Read the full article
Eckler names Richard Brown Managing Principal
6th June 2023
Eckler Ltd, an independent actuarial consulting firm based in Canada, has announced the appointment of Richard Brown as Managing Principal, effective immediately. He will take over from Jill Wagman, who is stepping down from the position after leading the firm for 11 years. She remains as Chair of the Board of ... Read the full article
Swiss Re and Income partner on longevity agreement
9th March 2022
Swiss Re and composite insurer NTUC Income are to partner on a longevity agreement. According to a press statement, the partnership will help shield Income from future variations in its annuity book, by sharing with Swiss Re any future payments to annuitants who live beyond their age expectancy. It's been described as ... Read the full article
Prudential optimistic for the future as PRT market gains momentum: Rohit Mathur
7th March 2022
After a very strong 2021 that saw Prudential Retirement Strategies close a good mix of pension risk transfer (PRT) deals across various structures, Rohit Mathur, Head of International Reinsurance, told Reinsurance News that the future looks bright. Activity in the UK PRT market was very robust last year with buy-in and ... Read the full article
Longitude Exchange unveils world’s first digital market for trading longevity risk
2nd March 2022
Longitude Exchange, a new Insurtech recently launched in Bermuda, has announced the impending release of its digital marketplace for trading longevity risk in index-based format, as the company looks to lower frictional costs and timelines. The new platform brings together hedgers and investors on a web-based ecosystem that's been built specifically ... Read the full article
Now is a good time for pension schemes to begin their de-risking journey: Prudential Retirement Strategies’ Mathur
28th February 2022
Activity in the pension risk transfer (PRT) market has been robust, and with ample capacity and support from the re/insurance community persisting, alongside attractive pricing, it’s a great time for pension schemes to begin their de-risking journey, according to Rohit Mathur, Head of International Reinsurance at Prudential Retirement Strategies. After a ... Read the full article
Canada Life Reinsurance strikes €4.7bn longevity deal with Athora Netherlands
18th March 2021
Canada Life Reinsurance, a provider of reinsurance solutions for life and health, annuity, and property & casualty business, has entered into a long-term longevity reinsurance transaction with Athora Netherlands, part of Amstelveen, Netherlands headquartered Athora Holding Ltd. The agreement, which highlights Canada Life Reinsurance's strength as a partner for longevity reinsurance ... Read the full article
RGA in £5bn longevity swap for Barclays pension scheme
14th December 2020
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) has completed a £5 billion longevity swap transaction with the Trustee of the Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund (UKRF). RGA and Barclays expect the deal to help protect the UKRF from the financial risk of an unexpected increase to life expectancy for current pensioners. “RGA is delighted ... Read the full article
MetLife grows UK longevity reinsurance book with Rothesay transaction
29th October 2020
A subsidiary of financial services company MetLife, Inc., Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company, has completed a UK longevity reinsurance transaction with Rothesay Life plc. Under the terms of the arrangement, the MetLife subsidiary will provide reinsurance coverage to Rothesay for the longevity risk associated with roughly $320 million of pension liabilities. Graham ... Read the full article
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