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  • Resolution Life bought for $10.6bn by Nippon Life

    11 December 2024

    Will accelerate growth in the trillion-dollar global life and annuity consolidation market

  • Funded Re under the regulatory microscope

    10 December 2024

    Piggybacking off a booming life insurance market, the funded reinsurance business has grown to span continents. But the market has also attracted the beady eyes of regulators. What are the implications of increased oversight for funded reinsurance? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Offshore reinsurance is "net credit negative" for US life insurers, says Moody's

    05 December 2024

    Regulators are looking into this development as volumes soar

  • Asset-intensive reinsurance set for significant growth, IAIS says

    03 December 2024

    But concerns over business motivations, concentration and complexity risks continue

  • MetLife completes longevity swap with Merchant Navy pension fund

    03 December 2024
  • Achmea and Sixth Street form venture to tap Dutch pension market

    02 December 2024

    Company will rank in top three Dutch pension and life providers

  • Looking under the hood of Cayman Islands' life reinsurance

    28 November 2024

    Jeremy Trader, chief actuary at Cayman Islands-based Knighthead Annuity and Life, tells Sarfraz Thind it is important to look beyond the surface when judging the jurisdiction's value

  • M&G wraps up first value share bulk annuity deal in the market

    26 November 2024

    The £500m transaction works by sharing the financial risk and upside with the corporate sponsor

  • Life insurance market to surge globally, says Swiss Re report

    20 November 2024

    Sector will have to navigate worrying trends in life expectancy, reinsurer warns

  • Apra's reinsurance suggestions support non-life credit profiles in Australia, Fitch says

    20 November 2024

    Australia's regulator proposed plans to to widen access to reinsurance