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Panasonic Completes Bulk Annuity Buy-In (Pensions Expert)
Panasonic Completes Bulk Annuity Buy-In (Pensions Expert)
The Panasonic UK Pension Plan completed a £140m bulk annuity buy-in with M&G late in 2025, securing the defined benefit pension benefits of approximately 650 scheme members. This was the scheme’s third buy-in, arranged through LCP’s “streamlined” bulk annuity service, which uses pre-negotiated contracts with enhanced terms — allowing M&G to execute the transaction in just over three weeks after agreeing exclusivity. [Pensions Expert]
#Pensions#UnitedKingdom#Longevity#ART
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Panasonic Completes Bulk Annuity Buy-In (Pensions Expert)
Essentra Pension Plan completes £104m buy-in with Aviva (PensionsAge)
Essentra Pension Plan completes £104m buy-in with Aviva (PensionsAge)
The Essentra Pension Plan completed a £104 million buy-in with Aviva for its Essentra Section, finalised in January 2026, securing the benefits of all remaining defined benefit members — both deferred and pensioner. This marked the second such transaction between the two parties, building on a 2022 buy-in covering the plan’s Senior Staff section. [PensionsAge]
#Pensions#Longevity#ART#UnitedKingdom
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Essentra Pension Plan completes £104m buy-in with Aviva (PensionsAge)
Reebok pension scheme completes £32m buy-in with Just Group (PensionAge)
Reebok pension scheme completes £32m buy-in with Just Group (PensionAge)
The Reebok UK Retirement Benefits Scheme completed a £32 million full-scheme buy-in with insurer Just Group, with the transaction finalised in November 2025 and covering 452 members — 114 pensioners and 338 deferred members. Mercer, the lead risk transfer adviser on the transaction, noted that the bulk annuity market for schemes of this size is highly competitive, with multiple insurers quoting on the transaction, resulting in better pricing and more favourable terms for trustees and members. [PensionsAge]
#Pensions#UnitedKingdom#Longevity#ART
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Reebok pension scheme completes £32m buy-in with Just Group (PensionAge)
Florida Peninsula targets $150m named storm reinsurance with Palm Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Florida Peninsula targets $150m named storm reinsurance with Palm Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Florida Peninsula Insurance Company is looking to issue at least $150 million Palm Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) single-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from named storms in Florida on indemnity and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART#UnitedStates
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Florida Peninsula targets $150m named storm reinsurance with Palm Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
U.S. Plan Sponsors Complete $48.5 billion Buy-outs and Buy-ins in 2025 (LIMRA)
U.S. Plan Sponsors Complete $48.5 billion Buy-outs and Buy-ins in 2025 (LIMRA)
LIMRA reports that U.S. single-premium pension risk transfer (PRT) sales rose sharply in late 2025 as sponsors intensified balance-sheet de‑risking under elevated market volatility. New premium for single-premium buy-out and buy-in contracts surged 132% year over year to $28 billion in 2025Q4, with record buy-in volumes ($12.7 billion) and modestly higher buy-out sales despite a small decline in contract count. For 2025 overall, buy-out premiums fell 35% to $31.3 billion while buy-in premiums increased 372% to $17.5 billion, lifting total single-premium PRT assets to $342.1 billion, up 13% from 2024. This shift toward buy-ins suggests sponsors are using phased, lower-commitment structures to manage longevity and asset risk while sequencing toward plan termination, and indicates increasing participation by smaller and mid-sized plans (63% of sales from contracts under $1 billion). [LIMRA]
#Pensions#UnitedStates#ART#Longevity
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U.S. Plan Sponsors Complete $48.5 billion Buy-outs and Buy-ins in 2025 (LIMRA)
One Alliance North America targets $100m One Shield Re cat bond (Artemis.bm)
One Alliance North America targets $100m One Shield Re cat bond (Artemis.bm)
One Alliance North America Insurance Company is looking to issue at least $100 million One Shield Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) single-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from named storms in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, and wildfires in California on indemnity and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART#UnitedStates
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One Alliance North America targets $100m One Shield Re cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Swiss Re $2 billion Longevity Reinsurance Transaction (Swiss Re)
Swiss Re $2 billion Longevity Reinsurance Transaction (Swiss Re)
Swiss Re entered a $2 billion longevity reinsurance transaction with Athene, its first covering US retirees. No further structural details were disclosed, including what liability block Athene is ceding (pension risk transfer, annuities, or other) or the legal form (for example quota‑share vs excess, coinsurance vs modified coinsurance, funded vs unfunded, or use of any special purpose vehicle). [Swiss Re]
#Longevity#Reinsurance#Pension#ART
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Swiss Re $2 billion Longevity Reinsurance Transaction (Swiss Re)
Pool Re in the market with a new Baltic terrorism cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Pool Re in the market with a new Baltic terrorism cat bond (Artemis.bm)

Pool Reinsurance Company is looking to issue at least £100 million Baltic PCC Limited (Series 2026-1) single-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from commercial property losses caused by conventional terrorism attacks, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological (NBCR) attacks excluding nuclear facility impacts, and physical damage from cyber-triggered terrorist losses across England, Scotland and Wales on indemnity and annual aggregate basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]

#CAT#ILS#UnitedKingdom#ART#Terrorism
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Pool Re in the market with a new Baltic terrorism cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Zenkyoren sponsoring $100m Nakama Re 2026-1 Japan quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Zenkyoren sponsoring $100m Nakama Re 2026-1 Japan quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Zenkyoren is looking to issue at least $100 million Nakama Re Pte. Ltd. (Series 2026-1) single-tranche five-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from Japanese earthquake shake and related perils, including tsunamis, fire, flooding and sprinkler leakage in Japan on an aggregate, indemnity basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART
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Zenkyoren sponsoring $100m Nakama Re 2026-1 Japan quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Tokio Marine secures $100m Kizuna Re quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Tokio Marine secures $100m Kizuna Re quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. will issue $100 million Kizuna Re III Pte. Ltd. (Series 2026-1) single-tranche five-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from Japanese earthquakes, including related impacts from shake, tsunami, fire, flooding, dam rupture, sprinkler leakage, sea quakes and seismic volcanic disturbances or eruptions in Japan, on indemnity and three-year rolling aggregate basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART
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Tokio Marine secures $100m Kizuna Re quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Heritage secures $250m Citrus Re 2026-1 cat bond at reduced pricing (Artemis.bm)
Heritage secures $250m Citrus Re 2026-1 cat bond at reduced pricing (Artemis.bm)
Heritage Insurance Holdings will issue $250 million Citrus Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) two-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from US named storms across Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Hawaii (Hawaii covered in Class B tranche only) on an indemnity and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART#UnitedStates
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Heritage secures $250m Citrus Re 2026-1 cat bond at reduced pricing (Artemis.bm)
Kin looking to issue $300m Hestia Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Kin looking to issue $300m Hestia Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)

Kin Insurance is looking to issue at least $300 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) four-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from named storms in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on indemnity per-occurrence basis. [Artemis.bm]

#CAT#ILS#ART#UnitedStates
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Kin looking to issue $300m Hestia Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
SageSure scales sidecar platform with new $200m Seawall Re II vehicle (Artemis.bm)
SageSure scales sidecar platform with new $200m Seawall Re II vehicle (Artemis.bm)

SageSure has launched its second collateralized reinsurance sidecar, Seawall Re II Ltd., securing a much larger $200 million quota share reinsurance facility that brings total third‑party sidecar capacity on its Seawall platform to $250 million, following a $50 million debut deal in 2025. The sidecar is designed to align capital providers, SageSure, and its underwriting partners by providing diversified catastrophe risk exposure and incremental capacity that reduces carrier partners’ net catastrophe risk. SageSure highlights its strategy of building long‑term investor relationships via transparent, data‑driven catastrophe risk management and expects to secure about $7 billion of first‑event reinsurance limit for 2026, alongside $2.785 billion of multi‑year cat bond protection from the capital markets. [Artemis.bm] ​

#CAT#ILS#ART#Reinsurance
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SageSure scales sidecar platform with new $200m Seawall Re II vehicle (Artemis.bm)
Plymouth Rock issues $100m Tremont Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Plymouth Rock issues $100m Tremont Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Plymouth Rock will issue $100 million Tremont Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) single-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from named storms affecting Massachusetts and Connecticut on indemnity and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART
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Plymouth Rock issues $100m Tremont Re 2026-1 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Achmea secures €8bn longevity reinsurance from Munich Re and Pacific Life Re (Reinsurance News)
Achmea secures €8bn longevity reinsurance from Munich Re and Pacific Life Re (Reinsurance News)
Achmea Pension & Life Insurance, the joint venture between Achmea and Sixth Street, has completed two longevity reinsurance deals with Munich Re and Pacific Life Re covering about €8 billion of pension liabilities and roughly half of its longevity risk. The transactions are intended to provide capital benefits to support Achmea’s growth in pension buyouts and optimize its investment portfolio, while leaving policyholder services and guarantees unchanged. Pacific Life Re has taken on €4 billion of the transferred liabilities. [Reinsurance News]
#Longevity#Pensions#ART
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Achmea secures €8bn longevity reinsurance from Munich Re and Pacific Life Re (Reinsurance News)
Allied Trust Insurance looks to issue $100m Sabine Re named storm cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Allied Trust Insurance looks to issue $100m Sabine Re named storm cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Allied Trust Insurance Company is looking to issue at least $100 million Sabine Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) single-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from named storms in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Louisiana on indemnity and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#ART#ILS#CAT
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Allied Trust Insurance looks to issue $100m Sabine Re named storm cat bond (Artemis.bm)
NCIUA secures upsized $600m Cape Lookout Re 2026-1 cat bond, second with resilience feature - Artemis.bm
NCIUA secures upsized $600m Cape Lookout Re 2026-1 cat bond, second with resilience feature - Artemis.bm
The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) will issue $600 million Cape Lookout Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) two-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds, versus the original $400 million target. They will cover losses from named storms across the state of North Carolina on indemnity and annual aggregate basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART
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NCIUA secures upsized $600m Cape Lookout Re 2026-1 cat bond, second with resilience feature - Artemis.bm
Eclipse Re issues its first private cat bond of the year, $100m Series 2026-1A - Artemis.bm
Eclipse Re issues its first private cat bond of the year, $100m Series 2026-1A - Artemis.bm
Eclipse Re Ltd. issued $100 million Eclipse Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1A) single-tranche two-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from property catastrophe reinsurance or retrocessional perils for an unknown cedent. No other details have been revealed. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#ILS#CAT#ART
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Eclipse Re issues its first private cat bond of the year, $100m Series 2026-1A - Artemis.bm
Andover secures $250m reinsurance with 2nd Locke Tavern Re cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Andover secures $250m reinsurance with 2nd Locke Tavern Re cat bond (Artemis.bm)
The Andover Companies will issue $200 million Locke Tavern Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) two-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds, versus the original $200 million target. They will cover losses from Northeast US named storm, severe thunderstorm, winter storm and earthquake risks across the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island on an indemnity trigger and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART
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Andover secures $250m reinsurance with 2nd Locke Tavern Re cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Canada Life Insurance completes £80 mn Safeway pension buy-in (Beinsure)
Canada Life Insurance completes £80 mn Safeway pension buy-in (Beinsure)
Canada Life has completed an £80 million bulk annuity buy‑in with the Safeway Pension Scheme, sponsored by Safeway Stores Limited within the Morrison Supermarkets Group, securing liabilities for more than 350 deferred members and about 1,450 pensioners in the scheme’s sixth de‑risking transaction, with investment and longevity risk transferred to Canada Life while trustees retain administration. [Beinsure]
#ART#UnitedKingdom#Pensions#Longevity
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Canada Life Insurance completes £80 mn Safeway pension buy-in (Beinsure)
Tokio Marine targets new $100m Kizuna Re quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Tokio Marine targets new $100m Kizuna Re quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. is looking to issue at least $100 million Kizuna Re III Pte. Ltd. (Series 2026-1) single-tranche five-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from Japanese earthquakes, including related impacts from shake, tsunami, fire, flooding, dam rupture, sprinkler leakage, sea quakes and seismic volcanic disturbances or eruptions in Japan, on indemnity and three-year rolling aggregate basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART
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Tokio Marine targets new $100m Kizuna Re quake cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Kier Group pension scheme completes £9.5m risk transfer deal with Just Group (PensionsAge)
Kier Group pension scheme completes £9.5m risk transfer deal with Just Group (PensionsAge)
The Mouchel Business Services Limited Pension Scheme, sponsored by Kier Group, has completed a £9.5 million risk transfer with Just Group to secure the benefits of all 220 members in a complex defined contribution arrangement with a defined benefit underpin, which required restructuring members’ benefits before it could be insured. Members were consulted, given educational materials and paid-for independent financial advice, and the deal included an accelerated move to full administration, with Just’s partnership with the Smart Pension Master Trust used to manage different benefit components.
#ART#Longevity#Pensions#UnitedKingdom
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Kier Group pension scheme completes £9.5m risk transfer deal with Just Group (PensionsAge)
Allstate secures $1.2bn reinsurance with new Sanders Re cat bonds (Artemis.bm)
Allstate secures $1.2bn reinsurance with new Sanders Re cat bonds (Artemis.bm)
Allstate will issue Sanders Re IV Ltd. (Series 2026-1A) and Sanders Re III Ltd. (Series 2026-1B) catastrophe (CAT) two-tranche bonds for a total amount of $1,200 million across the two issuances, versus an original target of $500 million. Two of the tranches provide four years of coverage, the others five years. All will cover losses from named storm, earthquake, severe weather, wildfire, volcanic eruption, or meteorite impact events, across the United States (except for Florida) on a per-occurrence and indemnity triggered basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART#UnitedStates
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Allstate secures $1.2bn reinsurance with new Sanders Re cat bonds (Artemis.bm)
Heritage returns with $250m target for new Citrus Re 2026-1 named storm cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Heritage returns with $250m target for new Citrus Re 2026-1 named storm cat bond (Artemis.bm)
Heritage Insurance Holdings is looking to issue at least $250 million Citrus Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) two-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from US named storms across Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Hawaii (Hawaii covered in Class B tranche only) on an indemnity and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#CAT#ILS#ART#UnitedStates
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Heritage returns with $250m target for new Citrus Re 2026-1 named storm cat bond (Artemis.bm)
SageSure finalises new $175m Gateway Re 2026-2 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
SageSure finalises new $175m Gateway Re 2026-2 cat bond (Artemis.bm)
SageSure will issue the targeted $175 million of Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2) two-tranche three-year catastrophe (CAT) bonds. They will cover losses from U.S. named storm, earthquake, severe thunderstorm, winter storm, and wildfire across Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, South Carolina, and Texas on indemnity and per-occurrence basis. [Source: Artemis.bm]
#ART#ILS#CAT#UnitedStates
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SageSure finalises new $175m Gateway Re 2026-2 cat bond (Artemis.bm)