Author: Greg Winterton

The SHPAA would have allowed seniors to put the proceeds of a life settlement into a tax-deferred/tax-free savings account for the senior and their family to use for health care and long-term care expenses.

Those advising insurance companies and pension schemes on mortality are paying very close attention to developments with anti-obesity medicines.

The increasing role – and influence – of ‘private equity’ firms in the US pension risk transfer (PRT) market in recent years has caught the attention of the media, regulators, and litigators.

Mark Sharkey, BPA Origination Lead, Royal London shares his views on the state of the market and its outlook for 2025.

Reverse mortgage securitisation activity is set to pick up in the coming years.

The £120m agreement insures Lufthansa Group’s three UK defined benefit pension schemes in one integrated transaction.

The transaction secures the benefits of all 154 members, comprising 37 pensioners and 117 deferred members.

More than 15,000 customers were active in one quarter for the first time in over a year, according to industry group the Equity Release Council.

£1.4bn buy-in secures the benefits of 4,900 retirees and 5,600 deferred members.

The insurance market has responded to meet the growing demand for de-risking solutions for defined benefit pension funds with both innovation and new participants – and further developments are anticipated.