Browsing: Volume 4 Issue 6 – June 2025
Our June 2025 Editor’s Letter for Life Risk News Volume 4, Issue 6. We hope you enjoy the latest issue of Life Risk News.
Consumer belt tightening, media advertising and asset manager fundraising drop all contribute to decline.
Funded Reinsurance Under Scrutiny But Should Remain a Feature of the UK Pension risk Transfer Market
The Prudential Regulation Authority, the UK insurance regulator, has increased its scrutiny over the use of funded reinsurance in recent times, but its use should still continue.
A range of actuarial and risk management techniques are employed by US life insurers using private assets to back group annuity contracts.
General mortality trend in England continues downwards but certain diseases getting worse.
Advances in early detection and treatment have significantly improved survival outcomes, especially in non-metastatic cases. However, prognosis varies greatly depending on the stage at diagnosis, molecular characteristics, and the extent of metastasis.
Fund managers should begin by asking their underwriters whether and how wealth is factored into the life expectancy estimates.
Life Risk News Q&A: Matthew Sheridan of Health Data Analytics Institute to get his thoughts on how predictive modelling is helping US health systems to better triage patients and model risk.
The Irish pension risk transfer market slow to get going amidst regulatory logjams.