A recent decision by Judge Thomas J. Lo of the Superior Court of California, Orange County denied Pacific Life Insurance Company’s motion for summary judgment and U.S. Bank National Association’s cross-motion for summary judgment in an insurable interest lawsuit.

Beat Hess, Managing Partner of AA-Partners, explains why he thinks that Distributed to Paid-In is a better judge of realised life settlement performance than internal Rate of Return in this month’s Q&A.

Life settlement market requires perpetual effort to educate policyholders about the life settlement option.

A consequence of a slowing US pension risk transfer market this year is that more insurers are bidding on more deals.