Insurer Royal London said Tuesday that it has covered £55 million ($73 million) of pension liabilities for a shipping insurance company, in a deal guided by Hogan Lovells and Wedlake Bell.
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Hogan Lovells Steers Royal London In £55M Annuity Purchase

By Joel Poultney

Insurer Royal London said Tuesday that it has covered £55 million ($73 million) of pension liabilities for a shipping insurance company, in a deal guided by Hogan Lovells and Wedlake Bell.

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Gallagher Buys UK Pensions Admin Co. First Actuarial

By Joel Poultney

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said Tuesday it has bought pensions company First Actuarial, as the U.S. company seeks to expand its services in the U.K.

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FCA Censures Bookkeepers' Body For AML Oversight Failings

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday it has censured the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers for serious deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering supervision, its first enforcement action against a professional body supervisor.

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TPT Picks Gowling, LCP To Advise Pension Superfund

By Tom Fish

TPT named the four firms that will advise its new defined benefit superfund on Tuesday, as the pension plan operator moves toward regulatory assessment.

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Helvetia, Baloise Cleared To Form 2nd-Largest Swiss Insurer

By Dawood Fakhir

Swiss insurers Helvetia and Baloise have said that they have won the final approval for their planned merger, confirming that the deal to create the second-largest insurance group in Switzerland will close on Dec. 5.

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AXA Raises $340M For Infrastructure Development Fund

By Dawood Fakhir

Insurer AXA has said that it has raised $340 million in the first round of funding for the Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund, which it launched in collaboration with Insurance Development Forum, a public-private industry partnership body.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Gowling WLG

Hogan Lovells

Lenz & Staehelin

Wedlake Bell

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AXA SA

Apax Partners

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

AssuredPartners Inc.

BlackRock Inc.

Ernst & Young LLP

Global Infrastructure Partners

International Finance Corp.

SIX Swiss Exchange

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Steamship Insurance Management Services Ltd.

Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

UK Pensions Regulator

World Bank Group