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Longevity reinsurance
Longevity reinsurance is typically used to transfer the financial risk that cohorts of pensioners or annuitants live longer than expected from an insurer or pension scheme to a reinsurer.
Longevity reinsurance is often arranged as indexed arrangements, or in longevity swap formats, as well as through indemnity coverage.
Read our longevity reinsurance news below.
Longitude Exchange unveils world’s first digital market for trading longevity risk
2nd March 2022
Longitude Exchange, a new Insurtech recently launched in Bermuda, has announced the impending release of its digital marketplace for trading longevity risk in index-based format, as the company looks to lower frictional costs and timelines. The new platform brings together hedgers and investors on a web-based ecosystem that's been built specifically ... Read the full article
Now is a good time for pension schemes to begin their de-risking journey: Prudential Retirement Strategies’ Mathur
28th February 2022
Activity in the pension risk transfer (PRT) market has been robust, and with ample capacity and support from the re/insurance community persisting, alongside attractive pricing, it’s a great time for pension schemes to begin their de-risking journey, according to Rohit Mathur, Head of International Reinsurance at Prudential Retirement Strategies. After a ... Read the full article
RGA completes longevity transaction with NN Life
17th February 2022
Life and Health reinsurer, Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), has completed a longevity reinsurance transaction with NN Life, a life insurance company in the Netherlands, covering approximately €4 billion of underlying reserves. Simon Wainwright, Executive Vice President, Head of EMEA, RGA commented: “Across RGA, we pride ourselves on developing comprehensive and ... Read the full article
SCOR completes its largest (£5.5bn) ever longevity reinsurance deal
15th February 2022
Global reinsurer SCOR has completed a £5.5 billion longevity reinsurance transaction, covering liabilities of more than 17,000 members of the Lloyds Bank No. 1 Pension Scheme. This landmark transaction is SCOR's largest ever longevity deal and protects the trustee of the scheme by transferring the risk that members live longer than ... Read the full article
Aegon enters longevity reinsurance arrangement with RGA
15th December 2021
Life Insurer and asset manager Aegon has reinsured another slice of its longevity exposure in the Netherlands with Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), as the company looks to improve the risk profile of its Dutch Life business and release capital at attractive terms. The new reinsurance agreement offers protection against the ... Read the full article
RGA inks longevity reinsurance deal with Athora Netherlands
9th September 2021
Global life and health reinsurer RGA has successfully completed a longevity reinsurance transaction with Athora Netherlands, a leading pension provider in the Dutch market. The transaction covers an inforce portfolio of around 46,000 individual annuity policies written by Athora in the Netherlands with total reserves of approximately €3.3 billion. As part of ... Read the full article
Swiss Re helps complete £3.7bn longevity swap deal for Fujitsu
13th May 2021
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has helped transfer risks associated with 9,000 members of Fujitsu's ICL Group Pension Plan, after backing a new £3.7 billion longevity swap deal. By leveraging a Guernsey captive insurance cell, not only was the risk transfer’s pricing optimised, its access to reinsurance capital became more efficient. After the ... Read the full article
MetLife expands in UK longevity market with $5bn Rothesay transactions
26th February 2021
Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of financial services company MetLife, Inc., has announced the completion of two longevity reinsurance transactions with Rothesay Life Plc. After entering the UK longevity reinsurance market in June of last year via an arrangement with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), MetLife subsequently completed ... Read the full article
RGA in £5bn longevity swap for Barclays pension scheme
14th December 2020
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) has completed a £5 billion longevity swap transaction with the Trustee of the Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund (UKRF). RGA and Barclays expect the deal to help protect the UKRF from the financial risk of an unexpected increase to life expectancy for current pensioners. “RGA is delighted ... Read the full article
MetLife grows UK longevity reinsurance book with Rothesay transaction
29th October 2020
A subsidiary of financial services company MetLife, Inc., Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company, has completed a UK longevity reinsurance transaction with Rothesay Life plc. Under the terms of the arrangement, the MetLife subsidiary will provide reinsurance coverage to Rothesay for the longevity risk associated with roughly $320 million of pension liabilities. Graham ... Read the full article
Longevity reinsurance market to end 2020 strong after a resilient H1: Prudential
13th July 2020
Prudential Retirement, part of Prudential Financial, Inc., has announced that it closed a significant $1.7 billion in new longevity reinsurance transactions during the first six months of 2020, and that it expects the market to end the year in a strong position. The company attributes its busy and successful start to ... Read the full article
Willis Pension Scheme in £1bn longevity swap with reinsurer Munich Re
30th June 2020
The Willis Pension Scheme has entered into a longevity swap transaction with global reinsurance giant Munich Re, under which the reinsurer will manage the longevity risk in relation to c£1 billion of pensioner liabilities. This longevity reinsurance transaction covers roughly 3,500 Scheme members, providing long-term protection for the Scheme against additional ... Read the full article
Longevity swaps still on track for record year: Willis Towers Watson
30th June 2020
Pensions risks transactions have kept pace through lockdown, meaning 2020 is still on track to be a record year for longevity swaps, according to re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson. Analysts believe there remains significant appetite for reinsurers to take on new longevity swaps, reflecting the expected decline in business being directed ... Read the full article
NN Life transfers €13.5bn of longevity risk to Canada Life, Munich Re & Swiss Re
19th May 2020
A subsidiary of NN Group, NN Life, has completed three longevity reinsurance transactions with reinsurers Canada Life, Munich Re, and Swiss Re, transferring the full longevity risk associated with €13.5 billion (USD 14.8 billion) of pension liabilities in the Netherlands. The arrangements cover the risks associated with the policies of more ... Read the full article
The Co-operators in CA$660mn longevity insurance deal with CSS
28th January 2020
The third longevity insurance deal in Canada sees The Co-operators assume the longevity risk for CAD 660 million (approximately USD 500 million) of pension plan liabilities from the Co-operative Superannuation Society (CSS) Pension Plan. The longevity arrangement is designed to provide greater financial security to more than 6,300 members of the ... Read the full article
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