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Life Risk News’ coverage of trends in the issuance of life insurance
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
Taking place on Tuesday, 20th May, 2025 in London’s Canary Wharf district, the Life ILS Conference 2025 will be the event’s sixth edition.
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As was the case last year, the overall message here is one of consistency. As counterparties for longevity and mortality risk investors, US life insurers remain strong.
US life insurance application activity finished 2024 essentially flat at -0.1% year-to-date compared with 2023.
Arguably, the US life insurance industry had a strong 2023 from a balance sheet perspective. Asset growth outpaced liability growth, and policy reserves grew as well and the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic would appear to be diminishing.
he last month in which universal life insurance delivered a year-on-year improvement was November last year, so there has now been a full 12-month cycle of declines.
Applications for universal life insurance, the main type of insurance seen in the life settlement market, continued their recent decline in October.
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