Member Experience Coming to the Fore in Competitive UK Pension Risk Transfer Market
The UK pension-risk transfer (PRT) sector has become a buyer’s market. With a record 11…
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Is a Geroscience Breakthrough the Black Swan Event for Life Insurers and Pensions?
Aging is something that happens to all humans. But few people consider it a disease…
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Why Is Working-Age Mortality Worsening in the UK?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a striking divergence has emerged in the UK. While pensioners are…
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Navigating Credit Allocations for Buy-In: Why Getting It Right Matters Now
With the buy-in market moving fast, trustees face a big question: how do you make…
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Q&A: Carl Groth, Chief Risk Officer, Legal and General Retirement America
Total US pension risk transfer (PRT) new premium was $7.1bn in the first quarter of…
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Economic Weakness Expected to Accelerate Growth of German Pension Buy-Outs
Germany’s pension market has been slow to embrace full risk transfer deals but a weakening…
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Significant Growth Potential in Equity Release/Reverse Mortgage Market but Change is Required to Get There
The global equity release/reverse mortgage market could be worth $56bn by 2035, according to a…
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Insurance Capacity Boost and Growth in Small Deals Mark Busy First Half in UK Pension Risk Transfer Market
The UK’s bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market has been marked this year by the intensification…
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Life Settlement Population Outlook Suggests Underwriting Frameworks Will Need to Continue to Adjust
According to a recent article in InsuranceNewsNet, The Life Mortality Improvement Subgroup of the Society…
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Mental Health Illness and Its Impact on Life Expectancy in the USA
A mental disorder is characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional…
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The Dangers of Defaulting to Fast Track
Fast track… sounds appealing, doesn’t it? What trustee board, overloaded with governance documents and new…
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Q&A: Perry Koons, Director of Capital Markets, Maple Life Financial
The life settlement secondary market saw reduced activity in 2024 for the first time in…
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Nuanced Impact of CMI Model Change on Pension Risk Transfer Market
Life insurers in the UK have taken on pension liabilities worth hundreds of billions of…
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Both Demand and Supply Factors Contribute to Rare Secondary Market Pullback in 2024
The life settlement secondary market suffered a rare pull back in aggregate transaction activity in…
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Funded Reinsurance Under Scrutiny But Should Remain a Feature of the UK Pension risk Transfer Market
In the past 12 months or so, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the UK insurance…
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