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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.

Download Life Risk News Volume 3, Issue 10, October 2024 The US Federal Reserve cut the country’s interest rate by…

Private equity-backed reinsurers’ appetite for Asian life insurance assets is unlikely to be sated any time soon, as there is $2 trillion of assets/liabilities under management that are currently providing sub-par capital returns

Universal Life insurance applications in the US were down -27.1% year on year in September, according to the latest update from the MIB Life Index.

US life insurance application activity saw declines in August 2024 compared to August 2023, with year-over-year (YOY) activity down -5.0%,…

Download Life Risk News Volume 3, Issue 8, August 2024 The European Life Settlement Association (ELSA, publisher of Life Risk…

Independent bulk annuity and consolidator advisory business K3 Advisory today said there are potentially hundreds of small pension schemes unaware…