June 14, 2023

Mortality & Life Expectancy Trends

In this paper I will discuss mortality and life expectancy trends in the 20th and…

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ELSA

June 14, 2023

Poll: What Is Your Best Estimate of the Size of the Life ILS Market in Assets Under Management?

It’s incredibly difficult to measure the size of the life ILS market in terms of…

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ELSA

June 14, 2023

Increased Activity In Smaller Face Value Life Settlements A Welcome Development

Investors in the life settlement industry’s secondary market work with a provider to source policies;…

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ELSA

June 14, 2023

Q&A: Mark Venn, Director, ClearLife

Technology advances are driving improved processes in all industries and markets, and the longevity markets…

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ELSA

June 14, 2023

New Drivers of Life Settlement Transactions Emerging to Provide Industry With Added Fuel for Growth

Reasons abound why seniors in the United States might seek to sell their whole life…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

Latest Secondary Market Data Provides More Ammunition for Life Settlement Bulls

The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), a Washington, DC-based trade association, unveiled its annual transaction…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

Latest Cost of Insurance Litigation Provides Little in the Way of Certainty

Skellig ICAV, a collective investment vehicle from Ireland, along with Gannet Funds and its securities…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

Roundtable: UK Pension Risk Transfer Consultants

The Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) space in the United Kingdom has been on a growth…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

Moderation in All Things

A lot is happening in the Bulk Purchase Annuities (BPA) market: pension scheme funding levels…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

Poll: Do You Think There Were More Secondary Market Life Settlement Policies Purchased in 2022 Compared to 2021?

Talk to almost any life settlement broker and they’ll tell you that they saw an…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

“Bet The Under”: Hedge Fund Manager Makes Costly Mistake

In 2009 my colleague and I were contacted by a hedge fund manager in New…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

Q&A: Thomas Deinet, Executive Director, Standards Board for Alternative Investments

Alternative investments industry body the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) sets industry standards and…

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ELSA

May 12, 2023

Life Settlement Market Trends Solid But Investors Should Look Below The Headline Numbers

If you ask a life settlement broker if they think that secondary market activity was…

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ELSA

April 13, 2023

Diversification Isn’t Just an Investing-Related Free Lunch

The recent banking crisis on both sides of the Atlantic has shone a light in…

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ELSA

April 13, 2023

Excess Mortality Impact Very Different for Life Settlements, Pension Funds

More than three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, excess mortality may finally…

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ELSA