Bulk annuity transfers

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
300 billionUSD
forecast

United Kingdom · 2025–2027

Swiss Re projects bulk annuity transfers in United Kingdom at 300 billion USD in 2025–2027.

Original source
Publisher
Swiss Re
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Figure 5: Evolution of life insurance saving and risk premiums in volume (USD bn), left axis, and real growth (%), right axis
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Pension de-risking offers another long-term tailwind for the life insurance industry, with potentially over USD 300 billion of bulk annuity transfers in the UK and US in the next three years.

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Swiss Re Institute. (2027). sigma 5/2024: Global economic and insurance market outlook 2025-26. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-05-global-economic-insurance-outlook-growth-geopolitics.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3G
MLA
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 5/2024: Global economic and insurance market outlook 2025-26." 2027, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-05-global-economic-insurance-outlook-growth-geopolitics.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3G.
Chicago
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 5/2024: Global economic and insurance market outlook 2025-26." 2027. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-05-global-economic-insurance-outlook-growth-geopolitics.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3G.
BibTeX
@misc{swissre2027bulkv71m3g, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {sigma 5/2024: Global economic and insurance market outlook 2025-26}, year = {2027}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3G}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-05-global-economic-insurance-outlook-growth-geopolitics.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
Swiss Re Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
sigma 5/2024: Global economic and insurance market outlook 2025-26
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Figure 5: Evolution of life insurance saving and risk premiums in volume (USD bn), left axis, and real growth (%), right axis
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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