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Two different structuring options provide flexibility for life settlement investors.
Increased competition for defined benefit pension schemes’ de-risking business in the UK has resulted in many insurers offering value-added incentives to better attract trustees and sponsors.
Decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the summary judgment decision of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska that held that a $4m life insurance policy was void from inception as an illegal stranger-originated life insurance scheme.
Schepps offers his views on the current state of the longevity architecture in the US.
£208m bulk purchase annuity transaction secures the benefits of more than 1,250 members and is Royal London’s third-largest external BPA transaction to date.
Talcott will reinsure an approximately $5.8bn run-off block of universal life with secondary guarantee policies, along with approximately $500m of funding agreement liabilities.
£150m bulk purchase annuity transaction secures the benefits of approximately 1,200 scheme members.
Total US annuity sales rose 4% year over year to a record $123.9bn in the second quarter of 2026, surpassing the previous quarterly high.
£180m bulk purchase annuity buy-in was completed in July 2026 and secures the benefits of around 540 pensioners and 1,050 deferred members.
The transaction, which completed in June 2026, covers approximately 1,500 deferred members and around 1,250 pensioners and dependants.