Longevity/mortality

  • Cancer claims costs up 234% from pre-covid levels

    01 May 2025

    The average age of cancer claimants has fallen from 47 pre-covid to 40 in 2024

  • Global Life Reinsurance Conference: early bird rate ends on 2 May

    16 April 2025

    The conference will be held on 2 June in London at the Hilton London Tower Bridge hotel

  • Stable start to 2025 England & Wales death rates, says CMI

    10 April 2025
  • Record insurer activity drives £47.8bn in buy-in / buy out deals in 2024

    27 March 2025

    Six insurers each wrote more than £5bn in deals for the first time, LCP finds

  • Viridium sale likely to spark resurgence in European life consolidation

    21 March 2025

    Backing from major insurers and asset managers to assuage regulatory concerns

  • Swiss Re and RGA participate in £10bn longevity swap for UK pension scheme

    21 March 2025
  • US risk managers worry for the future amid DOGE cutbacks

    17 March 2025

    Loss of access to data collected by NOAA and CDC among key concerns

  • Royal London reports £277m profit as bulk annuity business expands

    07 March 2025

    The mutual insurer completed three buy-in transactions worth £187m in premiums

  • UK's CMI proposes major mortality model overhaul

    27 February 2025

    Insurers will need to adapt assumptions as life expectancy modelling shifts

  • Apra to consult on capital rules for annuity providers

    27 February 2025
  • Italians regard life policies as financial products rather than insurance

    27 January 2025

    Ivass published research on reasons behind policy lapses in 2023

  • Record low death rates in 2024 reported by UK's CMI

    16 January 2025

    But mortality for younger adults is still above the ten-year average

  • 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

  • Kevin O'Regan to lead PartnerRe's push into worldwide longevity markets

    08 January 2025

    Reinsurance executive is appointed CEO for global longevity

  • MetLife and Zurich complete £340m longevity swap with UK pension fund

    19 December 2024