Download Longevity & Mortality Investor Volume 2, Issue 6, June 2026
Industry group the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) recently published the results of its 2025 Annual Market Data Survey. Greg Winterton spoke to Bryan Nicholson, Executive Director at LISA and Rob Haynie, Managing Director at Life Insurance Settlements and current Chair of LISA Chair to get their views on this year’s results, and the potential impact of the life settlement market on American seniors, in New Data Shows Typical Life Settlement Covers the Average Cost of Long-Term Care.
Three recent sizeable insurer-to-reinsurer longevity –risk transfer transactions in the Netherlands have highlighted the growing use of the de-risking tool by insurers as the Dutch pension market undergoes a profound transition. Mark McCord spoke to André de Vries, Vice President, Business Development, EMEA at Reinsurance Group of America and Martin Bird, Senior Partner at Aon to get their thoughts on the current state of the space in Dutch Longevity Risk Transfer Market Growing as Pension Scheme Transition Deadline Boosts Deal Activity.
A flourishing community of online influencers is attracting adherents with the promise of ‘lifehacks’ and ‘biohacks’ that they claim can turn back the clock on aging. Mark McCord spoke to Guy Coughlan, Chief Operating Officer at Clota Varde, and Stuart McDonald, Partner at Lane Clark and Peacock, to get their thoughts on whether these approaches could ever impact mortality curves in The Pursuit of Everlasting Life Unlikely to Shift Actuarial Models.
From ageing populations and rising chronic disease, to the growth of personalised digital health solutions, Jessica Plewes, Senior Director, Insurance Consulting and Technology and Lisa Balboa, Senior Director, Insurance Consulting and Technology at WTW explore how analytics is tackling health insurance’s biggest challenges and what this means for the insurer of the future in Shaping the Future of Health Insurance Through Innovation and Analytics, a guest article.
A recent report from Fitch Ratings says that the firm expects continued life insurance consolidation activity due to a steady transaction pipeline, insurers’ appetite to deploy capital into acquisitions, and the increasing use of innovative deal structures. Greg Winterton caught up with Dr. Christoph Schmitt, Director, Insurance at Fitch Ratings to learn more about the outlook for consolidation activity in the German life insurance market in this month’s Q&A.
Recent regulatory and macroeconomic developments are set to drive increased options for capital markets investors to work with the Japanese life insurance industry. Greg Winterton spoke with David Wang, Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman, to get his views on the outlook for additional asset-intensive reinsurance activity in the world’s third largest life insurance market in Japanese Life Insurance Industry Offering the Capital Markets Plenty of Opportunities.
I hope you enjoy the latest issue of Longevity and Mortality Investor.
Chris Wells
Managing Editor
Longevity and Mortality Investor
