All Life articles – Page 25
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Lust for life
While M&A activity in the non-life insurance sector has shrivelled away to almost nothing in recent months, companies looking to expand in the life market are scouting around for opportunities across the globe.
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To be or not to be (guaranteed)?
Guaranteed death and living benefits combined with equity-linked products provide good protection to consumers in the event of poor market performance, but they represent a risk to the industry that must be adequately priced and prudently reserved. By Michael W Pado.
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A Glance At The Future
The emotional debate that surrounds genetic tests, which reveal predisposition to disease, is masking the numerous opportunities that the genetic revolution can unearth for patients and insurers, says Dr Achim Regenauer
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Follow the leader
Life reinsurance opportunities in Europe may be generated as a result of the move to start cost shifting from the public to private sectors, says Joseph F Kolodney.
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Challenges of life retrocession
The life retrocession industry is in a state of flux and as business volumes decline retrocessionaires are placing more emphasis on other product offerings in a bid to fuel future growth. By Michael Dekoning.
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Breathing New Life
A new breed of life reinsurer has evolved in recent years, mostly domiciling in offshore jurisdictions. By Roger Crombie.
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The internet makes life insurance markets more competitive
Jeffrey R. Brown and Austan Goolsbee assess the impact internet use has had on term life insurance prices in the US, in the winning paper for the e-commerce section of the Lumina Awards.
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Irish life
Hannover Re Life's innovative life securitisations, transacted through the Dublin office.