Author: Greg Winterton

The challenges and opportunities in the life ILS market are numerous and nuanced, and the Life ILS Conference 2023 is set to provide investors, asset managers and service providers with informative discussions and networking as the life ILS market continues to make its case for a more permanent space in institutional investor portfolios

Life Risk News’ Glossary: Longevity Risk

Life Risk News’ definition of Life Risk

New Solvency II reforms offer encouragement for U.K. Pension Risk Transfer market but there is much still to be decided

Life settlement market encouraged for future deal flow as life insurance lapse rates in the United States fall again

For December 2022’s poll on Life Risk News, we asked our readers what they thought the impact of recent increases in interest rates would have on the alternative credit market

Clara Pensions’ Ashu Bhargava discusses the organisation’s first year since completing the assessment process for defined benefit consolidators in the U.K., the organisation’s outlook for 2023 and the broader pension risk transfer market

German secondary life insurance market facing uncertain 12-24 months but overall outlook remains solid

High inflation, the spectre of a recession and an increase in the cost of borrowing could put pressure on many SMEs that have taken out floating rate loans from private debt shops or that are looking to restructure existing debt or take out additional loans in the coming twelve to 24 months. It’s an industry wide challenge that the private debt sector – by far the largest subset of the alternative credit market – will face in the short term. Some of the nuances of the life insurance industry may provide some kind of insulation from the coming storm. Life…

Participants: Rob Haynie, Managing Director, Life Insurance Settlements, Inc. Jon B. Mendelsohn, CEO, Ashar Group John Welcom, Founder & CEO, Welcome Funds Data from The Life Settlement Report, a part of The Deal suggests that 2021 saw a reduction in deal activity in the secondary life settlement market, the first such reduction in seven years. Life Risk News’ Greg Winterton spoke to life settlement brokers Rob Haynie, Managing Director, Life Insurance Settlements, Inc.; Jon B. Mendelsohn, CEO, Ashar Group; and John Welcom, Founder & CEO, Welcome Funds to get their views on the current state of supply of life settlements…