Three recent sizeable insurer-to-reinsurer longevity-risk transfer transactions in the Netherlands have highlighted the growing use of the de-risking tool by insurers as the Dutch pension market undergoes a profound transition: https://t.co/dEBTbEkLoE
#longevityrisk
Industry group the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) recently published the results of its 2025 Annual Market Data Survey: https://t.co/nzSnCO6sU0
#lifeinsurance#AI#underwriting
The team was in the UK for the Longevity & Mortality Investor Conference, hosted by @LMInvestor & @ELSA_SLS!
@AIRAssetMngmt CEO Rich & CIO Steve enjoyed engaging in discussions with industry leaders on developments across the European longevity markets & life settlement space.
Thank you to everyone who attended, spoke at and sponsored the Longevity & Mortality Investor Conference 2026. Whether you joined us in person or tuned in virtually, your support made the event possible.
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#LifeSettlements#Longevity#Mortality#Conference
Total US annuity sales were $104.6bn in the first quarter of 2026 according to preliminary results from LIMRA’s U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey, which represents 87% of the total US annuity market: https://t.co/DrHYGrZSJR
#annuities#lifeinsurance
The Safe Computing Pension Fund has secured a £4.5m bulk purchase annuity buy-in with Just Group: https://t.co/ywEQTJHhzz
#bulkpurchaseannuity#pensionrisktransfer
The equity release market recorded a slowdown in Q1 2026, as global uncertainty weighed on consumer decision-making and delayed completions, according to new data from UK industry group the Equity Release Council: https://t.co/J60XxnOBLM
#equityrelease#reversemortgages
The Bakkavor Pension Scheme, sponsored by Bakkavor Foods Limited, an international food manufacturing company, has completed a £160m bulk purchase annuity buy-in with Rothesay: https://t.co/zlxrsH5eJY
#bulkpurchaseannuity#pensionrisktransfer
Funded reinsurance transactions involving UK life insurers will face enhanced regulatory requirements under new proposals unveiled today by the Prudential Regulation Authority: https://t.co/UljdlzJfXH
#bulkpurchaseannuity#pensionrisktransfer#fundedreinsurance
There are new rules around surplus extraction as well as a permanent regime for the superfund market which could impact the DB pension de-risking market going forward: https://t.co/xkSNc02RU3
#bulkpurchaseannuity#pensionrisktransfer#fundedreinsurance
£11m bulk purchase annuity buy-in with Just Group. The deal secures the benefits for 147 scheme members: https://t.co/j76t47iIfF
#bulkpurchaseannuity#pensionrisktransfer
The trustees of the Videndum DB Pension Scheme have agreed to transfer the members and the assets of the scheme to the Clara Pension Trust: https://t.co/67HicE4zvb
#bulkpurchaseannuity#pensionrisktransfer
The latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index shows that during March, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process climbed 40 basis points: https://t.co/TKUO9jPMNK
#bulkpurchaseannuity#pensionrisktransfer
Despite UK law giving life insurance policyholders the right to sell their policy to a third party, the country has no discernible secondary market for life insurance: https://t.co/rX0iquyaBs
#lifeinsurance#secondarymarket
The life settlements’ secondary market sees significant deal flow from advisors such as attorneys, CPAs and financial planners. Brandon Marz, Co-Founder at LifeRoc Capital, gave his thoughts on the ‘state of the market’ for this cohort: https://t.co/yw0bmuFLB1
#lifesettlements
The dominant approach to modelling impaired mortality in life settlements is the constant mortality multiplier, which, while offering simplicity, has drawbacks: https://t.co/Ifs5VBOdC5
#lifesettlements#mortality
A new consultation paper from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority provides insights into the regulator’s current view on the ‘private equity ownership of insurance companies’ zeitgeist: https://t.co/2Ue9Bfk3hV
#LifeInsurance#AlternativeCredit
A new report by reinsurer RGA says that the combination of disease-modifying therapies and better understanding of the causes and progression of Alzheimer’s “point to a future that is cautiously but meaningfully brighter”: https://t.co/n92U9jGQ6i
#mortality#alzheimers