March 15, 2024

Drivers of Policy Sales Persistent but Bigger Picture More Interesting to Investors

Despite their industry now being two decades old (in its current form), life settlement asset…

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March 15, 2024

Decline in US Life Insurance Policy Numbers Offset by Rising Aggregate Face Amount

The third of our reviews of the ACLI digest of US Life Insurance statistics focusses…

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March 15, 2024

Solving The Obesity Paradox, When Being Fat Is Good For You

Obesity is a killer, but nobody dies directly from being overweight. Instead, excess pounds are…

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March 15, 2024

Q&A: Anna Bailey, Chestnut Capital Management

Like most asset classes in the alternative credit market, the life settlement industry has had…

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March 15, 2024

Annuities Could Provide Bright Spot for Struggling Life Insurance InsurTech Market

FData and analytics firm PitchBook published its full year 2023 report on the insurtech industry…

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February 14, 2024

Despite Bumpy Couple of Years, Lessons Learned Stand Life ILS Market in Good Stead

The alternative credit industry experienced something of an up-and-down year in 2023. On one hand,…

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February 14, 2024

Progress Slow Amidst Numerous Challenges in Search for Effective Alzheimer’s Treatments

Nearly seven million Americans over 65 had Alzheimer’s dementia in 2023, according to figures from…

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February 14, 2024

Uncertainty Over Dutch Pension Reforms’ Impact on PRT Activity

In May last year The Netherlands Future of Pensions Act was approved by lawmakers and…

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February 14, 2024

The Moral Case for Life Settlements

Most articles advocating in favor of life settlements do so with a hat tip toward…

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February 14, 2024

Stability Evident in US Life Insurer Ownership, Size and Solvency

In early November last year, industry group the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) published…

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February 14, 2024

Navigating the Intersection of ESG and Life Settlements

The integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors within the financial industry has undergone…

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February 14, 2024

Q&A: Nicola Oliver, Medical Intelligence

The past few years have been arguably the most significant ever to those studying longevity…

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February 14, 2024

Potential New Securitisation Product a Welcome Development for US Reverse Mortgage Industry

The reverse mortgage market in the US has had a tough time of it in…

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January 10, 2024

Still Plenty of Capacity for Growth in Robust US PRT Market

The US pension risk transfer (PRT) market saw a record-breaking first half of 2023 with…

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January 10, 2024

Closed-Ended Funds Becoming More Common in Life Settlements but Pros and Cons Not Clear Cut

Many subsets of the alternative investment industry have a preference for either open-ended or closed-ended…

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