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Life Risk News’ feature articles take a closer look at trends and themes within the life risk market
Consumer belt tightening, media advertising and asset manager fundraising drop all contribute to decline.
Funded Reinsurance Under Scrutiny But Should Remain a Feature of the UK Pension risk Transfer Market
The Prudential Regulation Authority, the UK insurance regulator, has increased its scrutiny over the use of funded reinsurance in recent times, but its use should still continue.
A range of actuarial and risk management techniques are employed by US life insurers using private assets to back group annuity contracts.
General mortality trend in England continues downwards but certain diseases getting worse.
Life Risk News Q&A: Matthew Sheridan of Health Data Analytics Institute to get his thoughts on how predictive modelling is helping US health systems to better triage patients and model risk.
The Irish pension risk transfer market slow to get going amidst regulatory logjams.
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.