Archive

  • RGA eyes pension risk transfer and Asian markets as top growth opportunities

    15 June 2023

    US life and health reinsurer looking to alternative capital to finance growth

  • PRA stresses risks of funded reinsurance for UK's bulk annuity writers

    15 June 2023

    Charlotte Gerken has written to chief risk officers explaining the regulator's next steps

  • If ageing is not inevitable, what future for life and health insurance?

    07 June 2023

    Scientific advances offer opportunities for underwriters, according to Phoenix's Roy Ben-David

  • Life industry globally has largely failed to close mortality gap, says Swiss Re

    07 June 2023

    Complex product suite still being "bought, not sold"

  • Volatility in mortality improvement is highest among poorer populations

    05 June 2023

    Mortality trends affected by economic conditions, Canada Life UK actuary says

  • Actuaries told mortality gap between men and women is lessening

    01 June 2023

    Mortality gap between the sexes is flattening, so actuaries are looking for other risk differentiators

  • Swiss Re identifies factors for next wave of mortality improvements

    22 May 2023

    The reinsurer explains mortality improvements have currently plateaued in many advanced markets

  • COMMENT: Hold back on underwriting bulk annuities... then what?

    03 May 2023

    The UK regulator's warning last week to "exercise moderation" has consequences beyond the insurance market

  • UK regulator calls for restraint in bulk annuity market

    27 April 2023

    Charlotte Gerken warns of emerging risks in pension de-risking activity

  • PensionDanmark SFCR stress test ponders, 'what if all our customers became Japanese?'

    20 March 2023

    Another scenario involves crashing aircraft full of its policyholders