Life reinsurance

Analysis

04 March 2025

Bermuda and Cayman: notes from two small islands

Both are dream locations in which to do business and life re/insurers are flocking to the Cayman Islands and Bermuda in their droves. But what does it take to set up on an island? Anam Khan talks to Sarfraz Thind about the challenges and advantages of both
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

News

  • Hannover Re raises dividend, despite high frequency natcat losses

    13 March 2025

    Group net income climbs 28% from 2023 to €2.3bn

  • L&G profits climb 6% as records tumble for UK annuity and US PRT sales

    12 March 2025

    UK PRT deals off to a strong start in 2025 with £1.2bn in sales

  • RGA launches PRT hub to support pension plan sponsors

    11 March 2025

  • US tariffs credit negative for US insurers, warns AM Best

    10 March 2025

    AM Best warns of inflationary pressures on US insurers from tariffs

  • Just Group shares crash despite solid set of 2024 results

    07 March 2025

    UK life insurer's share price drops 15% in morning trading

  • Protective Life announces $9.5bn reinsurance deal with Resolution Life

    07 March 2025

    Dai-ichi Life's US unit plans ceding risks of universal life and structured settlement contracts

  • Asset manager-life insurance synergy will strengthen further, says Moody's

    04 March 2025

    Access to assets has allowed insurers deliver better value to consumers

  • Brookfield gets UK approval to join $500bn bulk annuity market

    03 March 2025

    Will operate under Blumont Annuity UK name

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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