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Demand for risk transfers remains high despite market volatility

by Emma Simon
March 21, 2023
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Total pension scheme buy-in and buy-out volumes reached £27.9 billion in 2022, with demand remaining high despite rising interest rates and market volatility.

The latest figures from Hymans Robertson’s Risk Transfer Report show demand for transactions continued to gather pace during 2022 with market volatility resulting in a busy second half of the year.

It added that if interest rates had been comparable to prior years then 2022 would have been “close to a record year” for the market, potentially beating the £43.8bn record set in 2019.

In total 203 transactions took place during 2022 with an average transaction size of  around £140m, with 125 transactions transacting in H2 2022.

Hymans Robertson head of risk transfer James Mullins says: “In a year full of challenges for pension scheme trustees, the risk transfer market remained resilient and Q4 2022 in particular saw a flurry of activity as pension schemes captured excellent pricing opportunities at levels rarely seen before.

“With many pension schemes seeing significant improvements in their funding position, 2023 is set to be an extremely busy year for the industry and we expect insurers will be looking for innovative ways to adapt to the growing demand and increase buy-in and buy-out volumes, whilst pension schemes will need to be smarter in how they prepare and approach the market for buy-in quotations.

“Looking through 2023 and beyond, a tidal wave of demand is expected to lead to record buy-out volumes exceeding £50bn a year and we believe that the market has the potential to hit £70bn over the next few years. We expect that by 2030, half of all of the UK’s private sector DB pension scheme liabilities will have been insured, covering 5 million members’ benefits and close to £1trn of liabilities.”

 

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