Howden has agreed to acquire the insurance and financial services consulting team (IFS team) of Hymans Robertson LLP, strengthening its specialist insurance actuarial and longevity consulting capabilities.
The transaction marks the formal launch of Howden Insurance Actuarial & Longevity (Howden IAL). The new practice brings together two established teams: the Hymans Robertson IFS specialists and the insurance actuarial and longevity experts who joined Howden through the Barnett Waddingham (BW) transition.
Howden IAL will give clients access to deeper expertise, clearer technical insight and a more scaled advisory platform. It combines BW’s longstanding strength in delivering outsourced insurance actuarial services and consultancy with the Hymans IFS team’s experience supporting insurers with strategically important actuarial and risk projects, creating a best in class adviser for core insurance actuarial and longevity needs.
Across the combined practice, Howden IAL will offer insurers support on pricing, capital allocation, reserving, risk and investment strategy, model validation, ALM and the management of longevity risk. The team’s collective experience will enable insurers to navigate increasingly complex regulatory, capital and market environments with more confidence and stronger specialist support.
Scott Eason, managing partner, Howden IAL, said: “Today is a milestone moment for our business. By uniting two outstanding teams, we are creating an advisory capability with the breadth and depth to support every critical client need across the insurance landscape. This is a significant step in Howden’s long term ambition to build a world class insurance advisory practice.”
The transaction is expected to complete in the spring of 2026.
