Pension Risk Transfer
Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund closes $8.1 billion UK longevity transaction with Prudential
The agreement with Barclays reinforces Prudential’s leadership in the global pension and longevity risk transfer market.
Timber Operators Council Retirement Plan entrusts Prudential to fulfill $245 million in pension promises to 3,000 retirees and deferred participants
Prudential announced a pension risk transfer transaction, by which Timber Operators Council Retirement Plan (“TOCRP”) settled approximately $245 million of its pension plan obligations, for approximately 3,000 retirees, beneficiaries and deferred participants, through the purchase of a group annuity contract from The Prudential Insurance Company of America (PICA).
Prudential, Zurich close significant £6 billion longevity reinsurance transaction
Prudential Retirement’s International Reinsurance business has closed its first reinsurance transaction involving an unnamed U.K. pension scheme using an independent U.K.-regulated insurer, Zurich Assurance Ltd., as intermediary.
Prudential Retirement closes $1.7 billion in new longevity reinsurance transactions in first half of 2020
Prudential Retirement, a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), has successfully closed $1.7 billion in new longevity reinsurance transactions during the first half of the year, attributing success to pivoting quickly to virtual closings during the COVID-19 global pandemic and a vibrant smaller end of the U.K. pension buy-in and buy-out market.
UA Local 22 Annuity Fund and Sendik’s Food Market choose Prudential to manage retirement plan assets
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 9, 2019 – UA Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters Annuity Fund, and Sendik’s Food Market, a family-owned Milwaukee grocery chain, chose Prudential Retirement as record keeper for their defined contribution retirement plans.
Prudential Financial announces leadership succession for U.S. Businesses
NEWARK, N.J., August 29, 2019 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) today announced that Andrew Sullivan will succeed Stephen Pelletier as executive vice president and head of U.S. Businesses, reporting to Chairman and CEO Charles Lowrey, effective December 1. Pelletier will retire following an extraordinary 27-year career with the company, in which he led Group Insurance and Prudential Annuities, and founded Prudential’s international asset management businesses, now PGIM Global Partners.
Lockheed Martin transfers $1.8 billion in pension obligations to Prudential Retirement
NEWARK, N.J., January 29, 2019 - Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) has transferred approximately $1.8 billion of its pension obligations by purchasing a group annuity contract from The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). Approximately 32,000 of Lockheed Martin’s retirees will receive their monthly pension benefit payments from Prudential as part of this buy-out agreement.
Prudential, PIC Reach $1.2 Billion Longevity Reinsurance Agreement
NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 09, 2017 - Prudential Retirement, a unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), and Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), have entered into their fifth longevity reinsurance transaction since 2015. In the agreement, The Prudential Insurance Company of America assumes the longevity risk for $1.2 billion (about £900 million) in pension liabilities, covering approximately 4,000 pensioners across four pension schemes.
Prudential Entrusted with Pension Promises to Approximately 45,000 International Paper Retirees
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 02, 2017 - International Paper (NYSE:IP) will settle approximately $1.3 billion of its pension obligations by purchasing a group annuity contract from The Prudential Insurance Company of America (NYSE: PRU), a leader in retirement benefits. The agreement transfers to Prudential the responsibility for paying pension benefits to roughly 45,000 of International Paper’s retirees and their beneficiaries.
MMC UK Pension Fund, advised by Mercer, selects Prudential and Canada Life Reinsurance to reinsure the longevity risk of £3.4 Billion ($4.3 billion) in pension liabilities
The Trustee of the MMC UK Pension Fund (the “Fund”) has announced the largest longevity risk transfer for a UK pension fund since 2014. The transaction, which reinsures the longevity risk of £3.4 billion ($4.3 billion) in pension liabilities, will provide long-term protection and income to the Fund in the event that the covered participants live longer than expected. It also lowers the risk that Marsh & McLennan Companies will face unexpected pension contributions due to an increase in pensioner life expectancy.