Browsing: Life Insurance
Longevity and Mortality Investor’s coverage of annuity and life insurance issuance and topics and trends relating to life insurance balance sheet and risk management
Latest milestone in strategic partnership to accelerate Japan Post Insurance’s global growth strategy.
Total US annuity sales were $223.0bn in the first half of 2025, 3% above prior year results.
Chariot Re will reinsure approximately $10bn of liabilities, including structured settlement annuity contracts and group annuity contracts associated with pension risk transfers originated by MetLife.
Sixth straight quarter where sales pass $100bn.
The bulk annuity market has high barriers to entry. Firms require significant long-term capital and specialist expertise, including asset sourcing, actuarial modelling and risk management, and regulatory approval is not straightforward.
New report highlights recent activity and outlines challenges and opportunities in the space.
In a rare bright spot for the product, growth was observed in the 61+ age cohort.
The transaction releases capital resources that Monument will redirect to its core strategy of consolidation in European life insurance markets.
The International Capital Standard (ICS) introduces a new approach to discounting illiquid liabilities — one that includes an explicit credit risk premium. But how does it compare to Solvency II’s Fundamental Spread? And what might it mean for UK insurers already familiar with the Matching Adjustment?
Potential new entrants seeking to get a piece of the life insurance-based permanent capital action have a few options.