Five key questions the Insurance C-Suite must answer now

The insurance industry continues to evolve. 2025 has and – will continue to – bring with it an array of challenges and opportunities that demand strategic foresight from insurers. From a shifting UK regulatory landscape to technological advancements, economic volatility, macro uncertainty, and ESG imperatives, the decisions made by insurance executives today will define their success in the future. Our sector’s ability to navigate these dynamics – while also driving innovation and operational efficiency - is more critical than ever.

How to make transferring to superfunds as smooth as possible

Superfunds offer a new endgame destination providing high levels of security and good governance. As schemes consider transferring, we set out our top tips to make sure that the process is as simple as possible, learnt across the first three transfers to a superfund. In late 2023 we cleared the first transfer of a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to a DB superfund, when the Sears Retail Benefit Scheme transferred to Clara. Two further transfers, the Debenhams and Wates schemes, followed in 2024 and early 2025.

The cost of climate risk mispricing

Changes in US tariff policy over the last couple of weeks has caused huge gyrations in the equity market and lead to higher bond yields in US treasuries. For many UK DB pension schemes this has caused concerns around funding levels and led to collateral calls in some LDI portfolios. Direct pain has been felt by DC members who bear the full effect of this volatility; members close to retirement being the ones hurt the most as they have had to decide whether to start drawing down and realising significant capital losses or deferring their retirement.

Uninsurable Future Climate Change and UK Risk

Lifestyle Actuary

Dalriada Trustees Limited (Dalriada), one of the largest providers of professional trustee services to pensions schemes in the UK, has today announced the appointment of Sarah Brough as a professional trustee.

Lights Camera Actuary

For the next few months Zoe Bolton will be talking to the senior actuaries in these firms, getting a brief insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe interviews Shil Patel the UK Managing Director at Dynamo Analytics

Travelling Actuary

This month's Travelling Actuary takes us to the iconic Boston to experience New England at it’s very best.

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