Compliance | April 6th, 2026 Judge Dismisses Weyerhaeuser PRT Complaint, Says Plaintiffs Have Standing The case, which also includes State Street Global Advisors, could be refiled in the same district court.
Products | March 31st, 2026 Banner Life Updates Visual Identity in Effort to Modernize Life Insurance Appeal Following its February acquisition by Meiji Yasuda, the group adopted a new slogan, ‘Here for the Better,’ and visual branding...
Benefits | February 12th, 2026 Most DB Plans Intend to Lower Risk—Not Terminate Plan sponsors can de-risk by shrinking liabilities and outsourcing investment management, Aon reported.
Compliance | January 12th, 2026 District Judge Tosses Verizon PRT Complaint The federal court in the Southern District of New York found no standing or fiduciary breach in a challenge to...
Benefits | December 11th, 2025 LIMRA: Q3 Marks Highest Recorded Quarterly Sales for PRT Buy-In Products Single-premium sales more than tripled in the third quarter of the year.
Opinions | November 18th, 2025 With PRT Rapidly Evolving, Insurers Must Remember Priority No. 1 Brookfield Wealth Solutions’ managing partner lays out how insurers can best serve the participant accounts acquired in pension risk transfers.
Benefits | October 22nd, 2025 MetLife Finds Most Companies Intend to Divest Pension Liabilities Within 5 Years 2025 has been a ‘tailwind of a year for pension finances,’ says Brian Donohue of October Three.
Compliance | October 1st, 2025 Judge Lets Core Claims Proceed in PRT Case Against Bristol-Myers Squibb A similar case, also involving annuity provider Athene Annuity and Life Co., was dismissed earlier this week by the same...
Benefits | October 1st, 2025 Amid Higher Funded Status, Pension Plans Consider Their Options Due to a ‘normalized’ yield curve and strong investment performance, plan sponsors can consider de-risking or using surpluses for other...
Compliance | September 3rd, 2025 Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of AT&T PRT Suit Plaintiffs have standing to sue but did not sufficiently allege a fiduciary breach, a Massachusetts magistrate found.
Compliance | September 2nd, 2025 Employer Groups Push Court to Toss PRT Case The ERISA Industry Committee, American Benefits Council and others filed an amicus brief urging a district court to dismiss the...
Benefits | August 19th, 2025 PRT Volume Declines in H1 2025 Legal & General Retirement America projected $11 billion in pension risk transfer deals through the first six months of 2025,...
Data and Research | July 15th, 2025 PRT Market Momentum Expected to Continue J.P. Morgan released a report predicting the pension risk transfer market will boom—but not without incurring new risks of its...
Administration | June 3rd, 2025 PRT Cost Drops in April as Discount Rates Rose The competitively bid price of transferring retiree assets dropped to an estimated 101.1% of a plan’s accumulated benefit obligation.
Data and Research | April 30th, 2025 PRT Volume Slips in Q1 Due to Market Volatility The average cost to transfer corporate pension plan liabilities and to purchase an annuity both went up, according to Milliman.
Data and Research | March 17th, 2025 Single-Premium PRT Sales Reach $51.8B in 2024 According to LIMRA, 14 carriers reported more than $1 billion in pension risk transfer sales during 2024.
Deals and People | February 7th, 2025 Legal & General to Sell 20% Stake in PRT Business to Japanese Insurer Meiji Yasuda Life will also acquire all of L&G’s U.S. insurance protection business in a total $2.3 billion transaction.
Compliance | January 3rd, 2025 Verizon, SSGA Join List of Fiduciaries Hit By PRT Suits A deal that transferred Verizon liabilities to group annuity contracts with Prudential and SSGA face ERISA breach allegations from former...
Compliance | December 18th, 2024 Timberland Company Targeted in Latest PRT Lawsuit The Weyerhaeuser Co. was sued by former employees, represented by Schlichter Bogard LLP, over a pension risk transfer it conducted...
Data and Research | November 27th, 2024 Pension Risk Transfer Market Closes Strong at $14B in Q3 IBM’s $6 billion PRT with Prudential accounted for much of the market’s increase this quarter, according to Legal & General...