Browsing: 2025 – February
The increasing role – and influence – of ‘private equity’ firms in the US pension risk transfer (PRT) market in recent years has caught the attention of the media, regulators, and litigators.
The ‘buyer’ of a bulk annuity contact is the scheme’s trustees, who are required to take formal advice as part of the process. However, the views of the sponsor are important for any bulk annuity purchase, and they should be involved from the outset, particularly if additional funds need to be paid into the scheme.
The third of our reviews of the Life Insurers Fact Book 2024 focusses on how factors that could impact the life settlement market are developing. Key amongst these are the surrender volumes, which help indicate the volumes of policies that could be available to trade, and the rate of new life insurance business which will provide the fuel for the market in future
Mark Sharkey, BPA Origination Lead, Royal London shares his views on the state of the market and its outlook for 2025.
Reverse mortgage securitisation activity is set to pick up in the coming years.
Our February 2025 Editor’s Letter for Life Risk News Volume 4, Issue 2. We hope you enjoy the latest issue of Life Risk News.