Understanding Vertically Integrated Providers in the Life Settlement Market
In the 43 states of the US that have a regulatory infrastructure for the life…
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Q&A: TC Jefferson, The Plenum Group
Funded Reinsurance (funded re) is not a new concept for life insurers but the upswing…
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Term Life Insurance in the News but Universal Life Still the Dominant Policy Type in Life Settlement Market
The essence of a life insurance policy’s attractiveness to the life settlement industry lies in…
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Personnel Battle Heating Up As Constituents Change in Booming UK Pension Risk Transfer Market
Last September, the UK pension risk transfer (PRT) market received a new entrant in the…
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NAV Performance and Valuation Reporting Problems in Life Settlements
The return of life settlements stems ultimately from income exceeding expenses. The investment needs to…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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