Asset-intensive reinsurance

Analysis

17 January 2025

Bermuda seeks a little help from its friends for asset intensive oversight

The Bermuda Monetary Authority is plugging the gaps in its toolkit for supervising the asset intensive insurance market - part of which involves calling on its international peers, as Sarfraz Thind reports
15 January 2025

Gareth Truran discusses the PRA's 2025 priorities for insurance

The executive director of insurance supervision at the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) opens up on the risks facing life insurers, how the regulator's competitiveness objective is being realised, and how UK insurers are exposed to complex international linkages
16 December 2024

RGA eyes global growth of funded re

RGA has been one of the prime movers in reinsuring the UK's pension risk transfer insurers. Izzy Bickford, director, business development, talks to Sarfraz Thind about the funded reinsurance business and how she sees it developing
10 December 2024

Funded Re under the regulatory microscope

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
08 October 2024

The future for funded reinsurance remains bright

Funded reinsurance has been the subject of increased regulatory scrutiny in the UK and US over the last 18 months, but experts believe it will remain part of insurers' risk and capital management toolkit. Ronan McCaughey writes

News

  • Bermuda licensed a record 10 new life re/insurers in 2024

    17 January 2025

    Highlights booming life market as insurers capitalise on offshore flows

  • Just Group closed 43% more bulk annuity deals in 2024

    15 January 2025

    UK life insurer completed 129 pension de-risking deals last year

  • L&H reinsurance poised for steady growth this year, says Swiss Re's sector CEO

    14 January 2025

    Paul Murray anticipates moderate expansion amid shifting global pension and mortality landscapes

  • Funded re, climate and operational resilience among PRA's 2025 priorities

    10 January 2025

    UK regulator sets out focus for this year's supervision of insurers

  • BMA pushes for more disclosures from life re/insurers

    27 December 2024

    Bermuda regulator proposes 31 December 2025 start for enhanced liabilities and assets reporting

  • Suzanne Williams-Charles: tackling Bermuda's life re/insurance challenges

    24 December 2024

    Suzanne Williams-Charles, CEO of the Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (Biltir) association, talks about the year in which her mind has been occupied by promoting Bermuda's life re/insurance market and, in particular, the asset-intensive space.

  • Bermuda's life premiums grew 24% in 2023

    23 December 2024

    BMA report also reveals the outcome of life market stress testing

  • Insurance-alternative asset manager tie-up to continue, says Blackstone's Dellaert

    17 December 2024

    Asset manager-insurers have injected $30bn of capital into life and annuities in the last decade

  • Use of funded re to remain tactical, rather than strategic, for some UK insurers

    12 December 2024

    Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA panel discusses BPA market and funded re trends

  • MetLife and General Atlantic set up Bermudian life reinsurer Chariot Re

    11 December 2024

    Will start with $10bn block of liabilities from MetLife

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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