Browsing: 2024 – October
New analysis from consulting firm LCP suggests the value of the €20-30bn of Dutch pension fund liabilities expected to be bought out by insurers by 2027 could differ by at least €500m depending on the model used.
Private equity-backed reinsurers’ appetite for Asian life insurance assets is unlikely to be sated any time soon, as there is $2 trillion of assets/liabilities under management that are currently providing sub-par capital returns
Annual report from LCP says that annual market volumes should average out at 2024 levels over the next decade.
The percentage of companies with de-risking goals which plan to completely divest their defined benefit pension plan liabilities has increased to 93%.
Universal Life insurance applications in the US were down -27.1% year on year in September, according to the latest update from the MIB Life Index.
The impact of interest rate changes on the life settlement market is not as clear cut as in other private asset classes.
Pension superfunds were hailed as the saviour of struggling UK defined benefit pension schemes, but progress has been slow.
IORP II and DORA making extra work for Irish pension schemes, but activity could soon pick up.
US life expectancy gap to other developed countries has widened in the past two years.
EY’s Swapnil Katkar offers his thoughts on the state of the UK bulk purchase annuity market.