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  • Taiyo Life to reinsure JPY 657bn in long-term care annuities amid rising lapse risk

    28 February 2025

    Meanwhile Japan Post Insurance in talks with KKR's Global Atlantic group on reinsurance investment

  • Fortitude Re reinsures $3.4bn of Unum's LTC liabilities

    27 February 2025

    Deal is a landmark for reinsurance of long-term care liabilities

  • UK's CMI proposes major mortality model overhaul

    27 February 2025

    Insurers will need to adapt assumptions as life expectancy modelling shifts

  • Swiss Re boosts profits to $3.2bn, and pegs LA fire losses at less than $700m - UPDATED

    27 February 2025

    Group also confirm's CRO Patrick Raaflaub to retire in September

  • Bermuda remains the "epicentre" of asset intensive reinsurance

    26 February 2025

    Cayman and Europe and lag as more education needed for regulators in fast-growing market

  • Munich Re posts €5.7bn profits in 2024, predicts €1.2bn LA wildfire loss

    26 February 2025

    Reinsurer says LA wildfires to be the costliest wildfire in its history

  • Sidecar strategy expands in asset-intensive reinsurance, says AM Best

    25 February 2025

    But the rating agency warns of potential counterparty concentration risk

  • RGA to reinsure $32bn of Equitable's life book

    24 February 2025

    Equitable will use funds to increase its stake in asset manager AllianceBernstein

  • Berkshire Hathaway's insurance profits soar, while Buffett acknowledges climate change losses

    24 February 2025

    Underwriting profits surged to $9bn in 2024

  • Pacific Life Re seals €2bn longevity swap reinsurance deal with NN Life

    20 February 2025

    It marks the reinsurer's first longevity reinsurance transaction in the Dutch market