The US is now the only remaining nationwide secondary market for consumer life insurance policies. That’s because the German Traded Life Policy (TLP) market has gone the way of the Traded Endowment Policy (TEP) market in the UK – i.e., it is now largely defunct. Unlike the TEP market, however, it’s the macroeconomic environment, not the regulatory one, that is responsible for the demise.
Insurers are favouring funded re as it helps firms manage the market and longevity risks associated with writing bulk purchase annuity (BPA) business by reducing capital charges and therefore making PRT deals more competitive.
Unsurprisingly, given its growth and potential for capital optimisation, UK regulators have been carefully watching the increased use of funded re. In June 2023, the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) sent a “Dear CRO’ letter to heads of risk at UK life insurers.
The letter outlined the regulator’s two main concerns from a sectoral review which it had carried out.
“One of the key risks arising in funded re is that firms recapture sub-optimal portfolios with depressed values and with limited ability to be transformed effectively to the firms’ preferred portfolio,” the PRA letter said.
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