Browsing: 2025 – March

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

As our population ages, the significance and frequency of falls increases. This affects life expectancy as well as morbidity and mortality.

Many firms maintain a longevity risk capital model, making sure the methodology remains relevant and proportionate to the risk. We shine a spotlight on these models here, considering how they may evolve with post-pandemic data and Solvency II reforms.

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.

Aggregate surplus fell from £239.0bn in January to £232.7bn at the end of February.

Universal life insurance applications declined -18.5% versus February last year.

The transaction scope includes blocks of in-force structured settlement annuities and secondary guarantee universal life business

The transaction covers over 850 deferred members and approximately 650 pensioners.

The buy-out transaction was completed in January 2025, with the buy-in having taken place in July 2024.