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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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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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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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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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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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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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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