Would the Senior Health Planning Account Act Have Been a Silver Bullet for the Life Settlement Market?
If you speak to a life settlement broker in the US, they will tell you…
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Streamlined Pension Risk Transfer Deals Widen Small Scheme Opportunities
Growth in the purchase of bulk purchase annuity (BPA) contracts by small defined benefit (DB)…
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Weight Loss Drugs the Talk of the Town in Actuarial Circles
Google recently published its list of terms most searched for in 2024, one unsurprisingly dominated…
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How Many More Asset Managers Can the US Pension Risk Transfer Market Absorb?
The increasing role – and influence – of ‘private equity’ firms in the US pension…
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Bulk Annuities: Who Steers the Ship?
A well-run bulk annuity process can look plain sailing, whilst a badly run one is…
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US Life Insurance Policy Cancellations Up Again but New Business Holding Steady
My previous article looking at the American Council of Life Insurers’ (ACLI) 2024 Life Insurers…
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Q&A: Mark Sharkey, BPA Origination Lead, Royal London
The pension risk transfer market in the UK delivered yet another solid year in 2024…
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Encouraging Signs for Institutional Investors Looking at Reverse Mortgage Securitisations
The trend in reverse mortgage origination in the US in the past decade or so…
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New Report Provides Both Food for Thought and Positive Reinforcement for Life Settlement Market
The life settlement industry regularly touts the lack of correlation to public equity and liquid…
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UK Pension Risk Transfer Market Posts Another Stellar Year
The UK’s pension risk transfer (PRT) market had a busy year in 2024, continuing the…
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Activity in Asset Intensive Life Reinsurance Solutions to Remain Healthy
The higher interest rate environment of the past few years has had the impact of…
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Advancing Frontiers in Metastatic Melanoma: Innovations, Treatments, and Improved Survival Outcomes
Melanoma of the skin (cutaneous melanoma) is a malignant tumor originating from melanocytes, the skin…
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US Life Insurer Ownership, Size, and Solvency Trends Remains Consistent
In early November last year, industry group the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) published…
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Q&A: Ryan McTernan, Fifth Season Investments
The life settlement market, like many other alternative assets, has had to navigate its fair…
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US Pension Risk Transfer Market To Continue Bull Run in 2025 – and Beyond
The Office of Financial Research in the US published its 2024 Annual Report to Congress…
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