Longevity/mortality Buy-Ins, Buy-Outs, Longevity Bonds, Pandemics
News
CMI proposes "no weight" on 2020 data for next mortality projections
It says coronavirus has caused an exceptional mortality experience this year
"Build resilience" urge Wilson and Richter in paper on Covid-19's lessons
Allianz's Tom Wilson and Ludwig Maximilian University's Andreas Richter collaborate on review of ERM implications of the pandemic
GIC Re recommended to run India's pandemic risk pool
A working group of Indian re/insurers details how a public-private pooling initiative would work
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Climate change could be "much worse" than Covid-19
Munich Re's reinsurance CEO says climate change has been under the radar because of the pandemic
Munich Re expects around €200m in Beirut explosion claims
It also anticipates a low triple-digit-million euro amount in claims from recent hurricanes
US life-annuity industry's H1 net income dives by 66%
Jackson National's ceded coinsurance agreement with Athene Life Re drove the decline
Principal Financial Group appoints Ken McCullum as CRO
He succeeds Julia Lawler who is retiring after 36 years at Principal
Legal & General completes £530m bulk annuity deal
Transfers risk from Siemens pension fund
Legal & General completes £70m ICI buy-in deal
It marks the insurer's ninth transaction with the pension fund
Analysis
Australia's life insurers in the emergency room
David Walker reports on the suitability, reputational and distribution crises that are destroying the profitability of the country's life sector
Covid-19's consequences for solvency, stress and scenario testing
What lessons have been learned from the solvency risks created by the pandemic? Three experts discuss with Christopher Cundy the reactions from insurers and supervisors, and the implications for future regulation
Pension superfunds "not a competing proposition", says L&G
The pension risk transfer market and investment solutions put insurers in a strong position to manage defined-benefit pension liabilities, L&G's head of pricing and execution Pretty Sagoo tells Cintia Cheong
AIG Life's playbook for Covid-19
Ruth Middleton, AIG Life's chief risk officer, and Debbie Bolton, chief underwriter and head of customer operations at the UK life insurer, tell Ronan McCaughey how the provider has adapted to Covid-19 and reveal their post-pandemic outlook
Longevity risk modelling: what have we learned from Covid-19?
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Cintia Cheong talks to Joseph Lu, Colin Dutkiewicz and Mark Cooper how Covid-19 is impacting longevity and what life re/insurers should consider in their modelling and risk management
Generali Switzerland's three-phase approach to coping with Covid-19
Giselle Lim, chief risk officer at Generali Switzerland, describes how the insurer is responding to the operational, capital markets and communication challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic