( September 17, 2025, 8:04 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has agreed to allow an interlocutory appeal of a ruling that retirees had standing to file a putative class lawsuit that is part of a much-watched recent string of Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases challenging pension risk transfers (PRTs) where, among other things, retirees allege that the use of offshore captive reinsurers makes annuity providers riskier....