Aviva secures major bulk annuity deal with M&S
Aviva's most recent bulk annuity transaction with retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) is more than 50 percent larger than any of Aviva's previous bulk transactions, according to Jefferies analysts.
On May 17, UK insurer Aviva completed a £925 million bulk purchase annuity transaction with the Trustee of the Marks and Spencer Pension Scheme.
Previously, the largest Aviva bulk deal was £600 million from the Pearson Pension Plan in October 2017, according to Jefferies.
Aviva wants to re-enter the large bulk market and a successful completion of such a large transaction with M&S demonstrates Aviva's competitive advantage as the only composite underwriter of bulks, the analysts noted.
The transaction “perfectly encapsulates” Aviva's competitive advantage and shows why a move back into the larger bulk market will be successful, according to Jefferies.
Firstly, as a conglomerate, Aviva has considerably more diversification, meaning that hypothetically the group's cost of capital should be lower than monoline peers such as Legal & General. In turn, this should mean that Aviva can offer a more competitive price and win a material market share in this rapidly growing market, the analysts argued.
In addition, as a conglomerate, Aviva already has deep relationships with many of the corporate clients seeking to de-risk their defined benefit pension schemes. In this specific instance, Aviva already provides both the health and general insurance cover for M&S employees, as well as travel insurance to M&S Bank's retail customers, according to Jefferies.
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