Browsing: Volume 2 Issue 9 – September 2026

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.

Recent S&P Global stress test shows UK life insurers with a coverage ratio of 200% could comfortably withstand an extreme scenario that assumes a default rate of about 11% in the illiquid portion of a hypothetical BPA insurer portfolio.

Schepps offers his views on the current state of the longevity architecture in the US.