A growing number of US employers are planning to de-risk their defined benefit pension plans a Towers Watson's survey revealed today. Plans are benefiting from rising interest rates and improved equity performance.
Solvency II delays will hurt European insurers and compromise their ability to deliver protection for their clients in a riskier world, a senior pensions and insurance expert warned today
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has published final guidance for insurers and regulators on how they should prepare for the Solvency II risk-based supervisory system.
The number of people actively paying into UK occupational pension schemes fell by around 400,000 last year, continuing a declining trend, according to the Office for National Statistics.
One year on from the introduction of auto-enrolment and major issues remain, particularly the low level of contribution rates, actuarial consultants Buck have warned.
The continuing influx of third party capital into the reinsurance market is a major benefit for mutual insurers, Willis Re executive vice president Robin Swindell has said
