According to the latest report from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), published in December 2025, cross-border activity among IORPs across the European Economic Area stayed broadly flat in 2024. EIOPA’s fifth annual Cross-Border IORPs Report 2025 shows that 27 cross-border IORPs were active across the EEA last year—down one from 2023. Zoom out, though, and the bigger picture hasn’t changed. EIOPA confirms what it has been

Utmost Group in December 2025 announced it had agreed to sell its bulk purchase annuity (BPA) business, Utmost Life and Pensions (ULP), to JAB Insurance for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval. Completion is expected by mid-2026. JAB will acquire the entire business, which holds more than £5bn in assets and employs around 175 people. ULP entered the BPA market in late 2024 and has completed 11 buy-in

MAXIS Global Benefits Network (MAXIS GBN) in November 2025 appointed Jean-David Bridoux as Regional Manager – Western Europe within its global Business Development (BD) team. He has been promoted from his role as Account Executive, replacing Damian Allepuz who was recently appointed as Regional Director – EMEA. In his new position, Jean-David is responsible for outbound business development across Western Europe and will lead the existing regional BD team,

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in October 2025 published its Global Corporate Sustainability Report 2025. Corporate sustainability means integrating  environmental and social considerations into a company’s strategy, operations and disclosure. According to the OECD, “it fosters sound governance and decision-making, while helping investors better understand a company’s long-term risks and opportunities.” The 97-page document provides insights on how companies are implementing the sustainability-related recommendations of the

MAXIS Global Benefits Network (MAXIS GBN) in October 2025 appointed Damian Allepuz as Regional Director – EMEA within its global Business Development (BD) team. Damian has been promoted from his role as Regional Manager for Western Europe, taking over from Aaron Brown who is leaving MAXIS to take on an exciting new opportunity in the E.B. intermediary market. Damian is responsible for all outbound business development across EMEA (Europe,

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced dramatically in recent years, with impacts that are already reshaping society, business, and individual lives. Yet many of these implications remain poorly understood and unevenly shared. Focusing on the economic dimension, the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) published in September 2025 a working paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Anton Korinek, and Ajay K. Agrawal: “A Research Agenda for the Economics of Transformative AI.”