Milliman Pension Buyout Index

26 April 2022 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Estimated competitive retiree buyout cost, as a percentage of accounting liability, decreased by 60 bps from 98.9% to 98.3% during March.

24 March 2022 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Estimated competitive retiree buyout cost, as a percentage of accounting liability, decreased by 100 bps from 99.9% to 98.9% during February.

23 February 2022 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Pension plan sponsors as of Jan. 31 saved 3.6 percentage points in annuity pricing using a competitive bidding when compared with the average industry buyout.

21 January 2022 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Estimated competitive retiree buyout cost rose 60 basis points in December, to 99.9% of accounting liability .

21 December 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Estimated competitive retiree buyout cost rose 50 basis points to 99.9% of accounting liability in November.

15 November 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

The index shows estimated retiree buyout cost as a percentage of accounting liability decreased in October to 102.5%, from 102.7%

22 October 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

With pension risk transfers on the rise, plan sponsors need to monitor the annuity buyout market when considering a plan termination or de-risking strategy.

15 September 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Estimated retiree buyout cost as a percentage of accounting liability decreased by 10 bps from 102.3% to 102.2% in August.

25 August 2021 - By Ryan Cook, Mary Leong

Estimated retiree buyout cost decreases a tad in July, by 10 basis points, to 102.3% of accounting liability.

23 July 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Average estimated retiree buyout increased in June to 102.4%, up from 102.0%, while the competitive pricing trend decreased to 100.0%, down from 99.7%

25 June 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

De-risking continues to get less costly: Estimated retiree buyout cost slips 40 basis points in May to 102.0%, continuing four-year and 2020 downward trends.

19 May 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Retiree buyout cost edges down 30 basis points in April to 102.4%.

26 April 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Milliman Pension Buyout Index: Estimated retiree buyout cost rises 60 basis points in March to 102.7%.

16 March 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Estimated retiree buyout costs decrease 30 basis points in February to 102.1%.

25 February 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

Milliman Pension Buyout Index: Estimated retiree buyout cost in January rises 60 basis points to 102.4%.

28 January 2021 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During December 2020, average accounting discount rates and average annuity purchase rates both stayed level (competitive annuity purchase rates dropped by 3 bps).

21 December 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During November 2020, average accounting discount rates decreased by 20 bps, while annuity purchase rates decreased by 9 bps (average) and 11 bps (competitive).

17 November 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During October 2020, average accounting discount rates increased by 12 bps, while annuity purchase rates increased by 6 bps (average) and 12 bps (competitive).

03 November 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During September 2020, average accounting discount rates increased by 2 bps, while annuity purchase rates increased by 9 bps (on average) and 11 bps (competitive).

22 September 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During August 2020, average accounting discount rates increased by 24 bps while annuity purchase rates increased by 20 bps.

24 August 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During July 2020, average accounting discount rates decreased by 37 bps, while annuity purchase rates decreased by 22 bps.

30 July 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During June 2020, average accounting discount rates decreased by 11 bps while annuity purchase rates decreased by 18 bps.

23 June 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During May 2020, average accounting discount rates decreased by 27 bps, while annuity purchase rates decreased by 10 bps.

18 May 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During April 2020, average accounting discount rates decreased by 56 bps, while annuity purchase rates decreased by 51 bps.

21 April 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During March 2020, average accounting discount rates increased by 80 bps, while annuity purchase rates increased by 71 bps.

30 March 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

During February 2020, average accounting discount rates decreased by 19 bps, while annuity purchase rates decreased by 25 bps.

26 February 2020 - By Mary Leong, Ryan Cook

The Milliman Pension Buyout Index uses the FTSE Above Median AA Curve and annuity purchase composite interest rates from several insurance companies to estimate the cost, as a percentage of accounting liability, of transferring retiree pension obligations to an insurer.