Browsing: Volume 2 Issue 10 – October 2026

Longevity and Mortality Investor’s Editor’s Letter for the October 2026 issue.

Structural tailwinds provide positive outlook but complexities still need to be managed.

For many countries with ageing populations, dementia presents major challenges. Richard Marshall, Senior Director and Scott Hamilton, Director in WTW’s UK life insurance practice explore the potential impact of changes in dementia prevalence and outcomes driven by a combination of prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Issuance in the agency-backed reverse mortgage market has been on a generally downward trajectory for many years.

Two different structuring options provide flexibility for life settlement investors.

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.