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Longevity expert Stuart McDonald urges caution over 2026 UK heatwave death toll fears

But longer and hotter heatwaves may eventually change UK mortality trends

Mortality rates at record low in H1 2026, CMI finds

Chronic care gap is widening, warns Zurich

Insurer says people are living longer, but too often with chronic conditions

Longevity rebound could add pressure to UK PRT pricing

Pension fund trustees may move faster to transfer longevity risk

Where the life insurance momentum is moving next, according to Zurich's Simon Woods

Zurich sees ageing populations, strained state pension systems and growing retirement-income gaps as a major opening for life insurers - alongside corporate pension risk transfer. Martin Assmann reports

German pension reform proposals set up battle over insurers' role

Capital funding plans test insurers' role in retirement savings

ECA 2026: Covid mortality recovery slower and more uneven than earlier pandemics

Highlights from the European Congress of Actuaries in Paris

Life Re London 2026: No future seen for index-based longevity risk transfer

European market has shifted to indemnity solutions

Life Re London 2026: Mortality improvements expected to pick up in 2026 with ramifications for pricing

Technology in mortality pricing models is much improved but could create a "false impression of precision"

Distribution financing now the mainstay of life ILS markets

Traditional insurance-linked securities deals remain in post-pandemic lull