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The Life Insurance Settlement Association ‘s latest Market Member Survey shows licensed life settlement providers delivered a six-times multiple over the cash surrender value to those who sold their policy last year.

There has been significant activity in bulk purchase annuity buy-ins in the UK in recent years, which at some point will need to move to buy-out so that the original scheme can wind-down.

The portfolio servicing component can have a significant impact on returns.

Shelly Beard, Managing Director at WTW, offers her views on the state of play in the UK pension risk transfer market as we approach the halfway point of 2025.

New report highlights recent activity and outlines challenges and opportunities in the space.

March delivered not one, not two, but three notable announcements relating to life insurer credit risk which could have an impact the life settlement market.

New UK pensions surplus access rules could help resuscitate capital-backed journey plans.

Those still trying to understand any potential future impact of Covid-19 on mortality are conducting an exercise in futility.

Aggregate deal value in the Canadian pension risk transfer (PRT) market set a new record in 2024 and market fundamentals suggest activity will remain strong going forward.

Martin Kramer, Managing Partner at Ceptar Consulting, shares what’s been happening in the tertiary part of the life settlement world for this month’s Q&A.