Browsing: Volume 4 Issue 7 – July 2025

The global equity release/reverse mortgage market could be worth $56bn by 2035, according to a new report from EY and industry group the European Pensions and Property Asset Release Group.

Lack of blockbuster deals but market remains busy as more schemes seek to de-risk.

Wealth factor affords life settlement cohort numerous options to enhance and extend life expectancy.

People with mental health conditions often suffer from worse physical health, have more age-related diseases, and have a lower average life expectancy than people without a mental illness.

The temptation for schemes to reach blindly for the ‘quick and easy’ option is high, particularly for smaller schemes. This could result in requests for contributions from sponsors that are not strictly required, and lower returning investment strategies being implemented.

Life Risk News Q&A: Perry Koons, Director of Capital Markets at life settlement provider Maple Life Financial, offers his thoughts on the state of the life settlement market at the halfway point of 2025.

At the end of June, the Continuous Mortality Investigation in the UK, which produces mortality data and analysis, issued its latest update, CMI_2024, which showed an increase in cohort life expectancies at age 65 in England and Wales.

Our July 2025 Editor’s Letter for Life Risk News Volume 4, Issue 7. We hope you enjoy the latest issue of Life Risk News.