Browsing: Volume 4 Issue 9 – September 2025
Cashing Out is a documentary from New York-based filmmaker Matt Nadel that tells the stories of three people who had a direct link to the viatical settlement industry in the US in the 1980s and 1990s.
Recent M&A activity could continue as market continues to boom.
A recent article in The Lancet Public Health suggests that walking 7,000 steps is associated with reductions in the risk of several serious health outcomes.
The life settlement market isn’t just a niche for policy sales; it’s a goldmine of mortality data that can elevate financial advising. By looking beyond traditional sources and embracing these insights, financial advisors could produce more accurate retirement income models for their clients and their businesses.
GMP Equalisation is continuing to be a significant hurdle for DB pension schemes on the final stretch to buyout but with the right tools, support and technology, these obstacles don’t have to derail transactions.
The pension risk transfer market in the UK has delivered plenty of talking points in 2025 so far in what has been another busy year for the space. Greg Winterton spoke to Pretty Sagoo, Managing Director of Defined Benefit Solutions at Just Group, to get a risk buyer’s perspective on the current state of the market and the outlook for the balance of the year.
Dutch schemes are moving to buy-outs to sidestep recently introduced rules that require all defined benefit plans to runoff and switch to defined contributions frameworks by the start of 2028.
Our September 2025 Editor’s Letter for Life Risk News Volume 4, Issue 9. We hope you enjoy the latest issue of Life Risk News.