Browsing: Longevity 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.

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.

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.

The £120m agreement insures Lufthansa Group’s three UK defined benefit pension schemes in one integrated transaction.

The transaction secures the benefits of all 154 members, comprising 37 pensioners and 117 deferred members.

More than 15,000 customers were active in one quarter for the first time in over a year, according to industry group the Equity Release Council.

£1.4bn buy-in secures the benefits of 4,900 retirees and 5,600 deferred members.