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Rothesay completes £3.6bn British Airways pension buy-in

By IAN Editorial Desk
20 April 2023·Updated 24 May 2026·1 min read

2026-02-18 Rothesay completed a £3.6bn pension scheme buy-in in May 2024, according to Hymans Robertson’s latest bulk annuity and longevity hedging report.


Rothesay completed a £3.6bn pension scheme buy-in in May 2024, according to Hymans Robertson’s latest bulk annuity and longevity hedging report.

Across the first half of 2024, Rothesay wrote 10 bulk annuity transactions and achieved a 35% share of the UK risk transfer market by value, including the £3.6bn buy-in.

Hymans Robertson also noted that a previous £4.4bn British Airways pensioner buy-in was completed with Legal & General in September 2018, and said there were no public disclosures directly confirming any £3.6bn British Airways pension buy-in by Rothesay.


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