Author: Greg Winterton

Letter to insurance company CEOs references ongoing monitoring of funded reinsurance.

US life insurance application activity finished 2024 essentially flat at -0.1% year-to-date compared with 2023.

New report lifts the lid on investor sentiment towards life settlements.

The firm has built a team of more than 20 people focussed on bulk purchase annuity transactions and completed two deals with external pension schemes in Q4 last year.

Four Officers elected by life settlement industry group for 2025.

The latest buy-in secures the pensions of almost 5,000 pensioners and dependants and over 3,000 deferred policyholders.

The Broadstone Sirius Index finds positive funding progression across both schemes in December.

The transaction, which concluded in September 2024, secured the benefits of 463 pensioners and 241 deferred members.

Renewed emphasis on carriers as counterparties but fundamentals suggest strong platform for growth.

Amendments to the NCOIL Model Act set to ease the administrative burden somewhat.