Life Insurer Credit Risk Again in the News but Life Settlement Market Keeps On Keeping On
Those in the US life insurance industry, and its associated markets, might be forgiven for…
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Capital-Backed Journey Plans Re-Enter Defined Benefit Pension De-Risking Debate as New Rules Loom
In 2020 the first capital-backed journey plan (CBJP) was completed, ushering a new way of…
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Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on Future Mortality Remains An Almost Impossible Task
It has been a little more than five years since most of the world began…
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Canadian Pension Risk Transfer Market Set to Establish Higher Floor as Aggregate Deal Value Surges
Aggregate deal value in the Canadian pension risk transfer (PRT) market set a new record…
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Could Climate Change Cause the Buy-In Market To Collapse?
We’ve been researching the environmental, social and governance (ESG) approaches of bulk annuity providers since…
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ICS vs Solvency II: Comparing Risk Corrections for Illiquid Liabilities
The International Capital Standard (ICS) introduces a new approach to discounting illiquid liabilities — one…
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Q&A: Martin Kramer, Managing Partner, Ceptar Consulting
The life settlement industry’s tertiary market is an opaque one, with many of the transactions…
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Are Recent Asset Manager-Owned Life Insurance Consolidator Divestments a Sign of Waning Interest?
Much of the conversation around the involvement of alternative asset managers in the life insurance…
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How Many Life Insurers Can the UK Pension Risk Transfer Market Sustain?
Earlier this month, Brookfield, under its Brookfield Wealth division, announced that it was entering the…
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Questions Over UK Pension Risk Transfer Market as Government Mulls Defined Benefit Pension Surplus Changes
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ announcement at the end of January that she…
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Recent Developments in Kidney Disease Treatment to Have Little Short Term Impact on Life Expectancy
The extent to which someone has chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the actual stage of…
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Central Bank of Ireland AIFMD Q&A Update Provides Boost to Alternative Investment Funds
Ireland’s status as a popular European domicile for life settlement funds is rooted in the…
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Falls: Significance in Life Expectancy Underwriting
As our population ages, the significance and frequency of falls increases. This affects life expectancy…
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Spotlight on Longevity Capital Models
Longevity risk is one of the largest risks that life (re)insurers are exposed to. Many…
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Q&A: Roger Lawrence, Managing Director, W L Consulting
In the summer of 2024, the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority announced the latest…
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