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Record insurer activity drives £47.8bn in buy-in / buy out deals in 2024

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

Backing from major insurers and asset managers to assuage regulatory concerns

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

US risk managers worry for the future amid DOGE cutbacks

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

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

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

UK's CMI proposes major mortality model overhaul

Insurers will need to adapt assumptions as life expectancy modelling shifts

Apra to consult on capital rules for annuity providers

Swiss Re's Julien Descombes on life, health and IFRS

The chief underwriting officer for life and health talks to Martin Assmann about the impact of adopting IFRS reporting and the trends in medicine and society to watch

Italians regard life policies as financial products rather than insurance

Ivass published research on reasons behind policy lapses in 2023

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

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