longevity securitization

The pioneering structure and model of Swiss Re’s 2010 Kortis Capital Ltd. longevity-linked insurance-linked securities (ILS) lays the foundation for successfully transferring longevity risks to the capital markets, according to research by the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School.

The Joint Forum, a forum established to deal with issues common to the banking, securities and insurance sectors, has published its final report and recommendations to policymakers and supervisors on longevity risk transfer markets.

A consultation document on longevity risk transfers has been published by the Joint Forum, a forum established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to deal with issues common to the banking, securities and insurance sectors.

Analysis from PwC questions the ability and capacity of traditional reinsurers to support the potential growth of the longevity hedging market over the next few years. PwC predicts the market for risk transfer in the form of longevity swaps and hedging in the UK could triple over the next three years.

According to a report published by Asian Investor, investment bank Société Générale is planning to launch a new capital markets focused longevity risk transfer product similar to an insurance-linked security or catastrophe bond structure. Société Générale is said to be ready to launch the first deal in July and is already lining up investors to […]

The market for longevity hedging, or the offloading of longevity risks via insurance, reinsurance and instruments such as longevity swaps, is set to grow again in 2013 according to the latest report from research firm Clear Path Analysis. The report suggests that 2013 could see record levels of longevity risk moving off the balance sheets […]

According to an article published on Dow Jones, and available here via the Wall Street Journal, the market for longevity risk transfer through the issuance of bonds or securitization may be about to come out of hibernation. The article says that two longevity bonds are currently being marketed to investors by banks in recent weeks […]

The results of a poll conducted in July 2012 amongst trustees, finance directors, and other pension fund executives from 51 different UK pension funds, show that the pension funds consider longevity risk as the biggest single threat to their funding levels. Respondents were asked to rank a series of risks according to potential for impact […]

Artemis attended the 6th Annual European Insurance-Linked Securities Conference, held by rating agency Standard & Poor’s in London, earlier today to hear what the speakers had to say about the market. One of the panels was particularly timely as it discussed the potential for further development of the longevity risk transfer market and asked the […]

This telling statistic comes from some research undertaken by PwC which looked at defined benefit pension plan valuations in the UK and what they were doing, or planning to do, to overcome rising deficits. PwC surveyed 98 UK defined benefit pension schemes and found that on average they will likely need an extra three years […]