The Insurance Regulator Takes a Look at Funded Reinsurance
On 15 June 2023 the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) published a letter to bulk annuity…
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Life Settlement Apocrypha
I find it interesting to draw parallels between theories we see in the Life Expectancy…
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UK Equity Release Market Needs Greater Awareness To Fill the Demand and Supply Gap
The life settlement market has undertaken significant efforts in recent years to improve what it…
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US PRT Market on Course for Record Breaking 2023
The US pension risk transfer (PRT) market saw its biggest year in 2022, with AON…
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Proposed Rule by U.S. Department of Treasury Seeks to Clarify Tax Treatment of Life Settlement Exchanges
Tax experts serving the life settlement industry are paying close attention to a proposed rule…
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UK Closed Life Funds – A Secret Returns Goldmine?
More than 200 years ago, Equitable Life, the now defunct UK mutual life insurer, realised…
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Poll: What Is the Larger of the Challenges Facing the Life ILS Market at Present?
The life ILS market, like many alternative credit strategies, is facing challenges from the rising…
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LE Mortality Tables and Underwriting
As long as there has been a life settlement market, there has been disagreement over…
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Q&A: Nat Shapo, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
The subject of enhanced cash surrender value offers (ECSVOs) made by life insurance companies in…
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Change in Approach A Necessity to Combat Human Capital Challenges In UK Pension Risk Transfer Market
The growth in the UK pension risk transfer (PRT) market in the past few years…
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Alas, Poor Traded Endowment Policy Market. We Knew You
In 1983, the UK government introduced the mortgage interest relief at source (MIRAS) program, which…
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US Life Insurers Look for Solutions to AI Bias Issue
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more high profile, insurance practitioners are taking note of the…
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Montana Latest State to Warn Life Insurers About Enhanced Cash Surrender Value Offers
The Office of the Montana State Auditor has issued an advisory regarding the practice of…
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Deal Flow Down in Life ILS But Moats Remain
A significant percentage of deal activity in the life ILS market consists of ‘value in…
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Mortality & Life Expectancy Trends
In this paper I will discuss mortality and life expectancy trends in the 20th and…
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