How Many Life Insurers Can the UK Pension Risk Transfer Market Sustain?
How Many Life Insurers Can the UK Pension Risk Transfer Market Sustain?
Earlier this month, Brookfield, under its Brookfield Wealth division, announced that it was entering the UK’s pension risk transfer (PRT) market, having gone through the approval process carried out b
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Questions Over UK Pension Risk Transfer Market as Government Mulls Defined Benefit Pension Surplus Changes
Questions Over UK Pension Risk Transfer Market as Government Mulls Defined Benefit Pension Surplus Changes
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ announcement at the end of January that she wants to unshackle billions of pounds locked in defined benefit (DB) pension fund surpluses has raised questio
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Recent Developments in Kidney Disease Treatment to Have Little Short Term Impact on Life Expectancy
Recent Developments in Kidney Disease Treatment to Have Little Short Term Impact on Life Expectancy
The extent to which someone has chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the actual stage of the CKD is indicated by the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a measure of how well the kidneys filter b
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Central Bank of Ireland AIFMD Q&A Update Provides Boost to Alternative Investment Funds
Central Bank of Ireland AIFMD Q&A Update Provides Boost to Alternative Investment Funds
Ireland’s status as a popular European domicile for life settlement funds is rooted in the country’s double tax treaty with the US which allows Irish investment vehicles, such as Section 110 companies
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Q&A: Roger Lawrence, Managing Director, W L Consulting
Q&A: Roger Lawrence, Managing Director, W L Consulting
In the summer of 2024, the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority announced the latest planned iteration of their insurance stress tests – now branded Life Insurance Stress Tests (LIST) –  
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Falls: Significance in Life Expectancy Underwriting
Falls: Significance in Life Expectancy Underwriting
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Spotlight on Longevity Capital Models
Spotlight on Longevity Capital Models
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US Single-Premium Pension Risk Transfer Sales Leap 14% to $51.8bn in 2024
US Single-Premium Pension Risk Transfer Sales Leap 14% to $51.8bn in 2024
Total US single-premium pension risk transfer (PRT) premium was $51.8bn in 2024, up 14% from prior year’s results and less than 1% below the record set in 2022, according to LIMRA’s U.S. Group Annuity
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IAIS Publishes a Draft Issues Paper on Structural Shifts in the Life Insurance Sector for Consultation
IAIS Publishes a Draft Issues Paper on Structural Shifts in the Life Insurance Sector for Consultation
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) today published a draft Issues Paper on structural shifts in the life insurance sector for consultation.  The paper provides a comprehensi
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Obra Capital Partners with iCapital
Obra Capital Partners with iCapital
Asset manager Obra Capital, which manages products in the life settlement market, has entered into a partnership with iCapital, a fintech platform that connects alternative investment strategies to th
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Church of Scotland Pension Trustees Completes Bulk Purchase Annuity Buy-In Deal With Just Group
Church of Scotland Pension Trustees Completes Bulk Purchase Annuity Buy-In Deal With Just Group
The Church of Scotland Pension Trustees has completed a multi-scheme £75m buy-in with Just Group.  The transaction, which completed in December 2024, insures the benefits of three sections across two
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Average Time to Buy-Out for FTSE350 DB Pension Schemes Decreases to 4.4 Years
Average Time to Buy-Out for FTSE350 DB Pension Schemes Decreases to 4.4 Years
Consultants Barnett Waddingham’s latest DB End Gauge index says that the average time to buy-out for FTSE350 DB pension schemes has decreased slightly over the month to 28 February 2025, falling from
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