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Potential new entrants seeking to get a piece of the life insurance-based permanent capital action have a few options.

New life insurer entrants into UK PRT market not necessarily a sign of the floodgates opening.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ announcement that she wants to unshackle billions of pounds locked in defined benefit (DB) pension fund surpluses has raised questions about how such a move might impact the country’s bulk purchase annuity market.

Recent months have delivered two significant developments that could profoundly impact life expectancy for those with chronic kidney disease.

Central Bank of Ireland AIFMD Q&A update delivers benefits to life settlement fund managers.

W L Consulting’s Roger Lawrence offers his views on the UK’s Life Insurance Stress Test.

A new paper from Klarity and Munich Life Re US has examined physical activity data from wearable technology and tied this data to mortality risk.

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.

Growth in the purchase of bulk annuity contracts by small defined benefit (DB) pension schemes over the past couple of years has been accompanied by the emergence of templated transfer processes that speed the closure of deals, enabling insurers to execute more of them.

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