Longevity/mortality

  • Mortality rates at record low in H1 2026, CMI finds

    08 July 2026
  • Chronic care gap is widening, warns Zurich

    07 July 2026

    Insurer says people are living longer, but too often with chronic conditions

  • Longevity rebound could add pressure to UK PRT pricing

    01 July 2026

    Pension fund trustees may move faster to transfer longevity risk

  • German pension reform proposals set up battle over insurers' role

    24 June 2026

    Capital funding plans test insurers' role in retirement savings

  • ECA 2026: Covid mortality recovery slower and more uneven than earlier pandemics

    18 June 2026

    Highlights from the European Congress of Actuaries in Paris

  • Life Re London 2026: No future seen for index-based longevity risk transfer

    09 June 2026

    European market has shifted to indemnity solutions

  • Life Re London 2026: Mortality improvements expected to pick up in 2026 with ramifications for pricing

    04 June 2026

    Technology in mortality pricing models is much improved but could create a "false impression of precision"

  • Distribution financing now the mainstay of life ILS markets

    19 May 2026

    Traditional insurance-linked securities deals remain in post-pandemic lull

  • Swiss Re sets aside $400m for Middle East conflict citing supply chain disruption

    07 May 2026

    Group CFO Anders Malmström said that it had received no direct claims from the conflict due to war exclusions

  • Severe bodily injury claims fuelling widening cost gaps between geographies

    23 April 2026

    The cost of bodily injury claims in different jurisdictions widens sharply as injury severity increases, report finds

  • UK winter mortality rates hit record low, says the CMI

    10 April 2026
  • Stuart McDonald's three-year term as CMI chair gets underway

    03 March 2026
  • Rothesay to back annuity product for DC pension savers

    28 January 2026

    Life insurer collaborating with workplace pensions provider Nest

  • Another record low for death rates in 2025, says the UK's CMI

    15 January 2026
  • LBG pension funds agree £4.8bn in longevity hedges with Rothesay and Prudential Financial

    09 December 2025

    Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes have completed £25bn of longevity deals since 2020