Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) is a specialist UK insurer, which provides tailored pension insurance buyouts and buy-ins to the trustees and sponsors of UK DB pension funds. PIC was founded in 2006 and has since then become a major player in the UK pensions market.
The papers below were published between 2008 and 2010 as part of a Thought leadership initiative when PIC was establishing itself in a rapidly evolving UK pensions buyout market.
Research Papers
Research Who will pay Inter-generational transfers and public sector pensions 2010
Research Public sector pensions Rationale and international experiences 2009
Research Longevity: Trends, uncertainty and the implications for pension systems 2009
Research Pensions A Complex Landscape 2008
Briefing
Briefing note Debt and pension liabilities in national accounts 2010
Briefing note Tax relief on pension contributions 2010
Briefing note Back to the drawing board An update 2009
Commentary
Commentary Pensions A very complex issue October 2010
Commentary Measured approach to public sector pension reforms October 2010
Commentary As safe as houses October 2010
Commentary Pensioners have done well October 2010
Commentary Total financial reward September 20010
Commentary on German politics and state pension age August 2010
Commentary 100 days of coalition government August 2010
Commentary on Kiwi saver August 2010
Commentary on default retirement age August 2010
Commentary Long-term care and public sector pensions July 2010
Commentary Towards a more transparent government balance sheet July 2010
Commentary EU COM Green Paper on Pensions July 2010
Commentary Raising the state pension age June 2010
Commentary Public sector employment trends June 2010
Commentary Coming out of the recession, can British businesses still afford NEST June 2010
Commentary Are senior civil servants paid too much June 2010
Commentary Coalition agreement on pensions May 2010
Commentary Fiscal consolidation and ageing populations April 2010
Commentary What does preparing for old age have to do with the global economic crisis February 2010
Commentary Updated actuarial assumptions PPF 7800 January 2010