The life insurance market has changed. What was once a slow-moving business is now home to new incumbents, including private equity and alternative asset managers, new investment techniques, including greater involvement with private markets and illiquids, and reinsurance tools such as asset intensive reinsurance, pitching it into an increasingly globalized and interconnected world.
At the same time regulations are evolving as supervisors look to keep up with the shifts in the life market.
Life-Re shines a light on the rapidly-changing developments in the global life re-insurance market. We present interviews and videos with some of the most interesting voices in the business, including insurers, reinsurers and regulators, as well as building events showcasing the newest developments in this sector.
Netherlands: A longevity model
The 2023 Netherlands Future of Pensions Act, which required all Dutch defined benefit pensions schemes to move to a defined contribution model by 1 January 2028, has been a major catalyst for what is now one of the biggest longevity risk transfer markets in Europe.
The Regulators Angle
Regulatory certainty is key to a flourishing life reinsurance market. At Life-Re Europe, regulators showed receptivity to this newly emerging market development.
Europe’s need for AIR
Asset intensive reinsurance (AIR) has taken hold in life markets around the world. Europe, though, is a different story. But does Europe really need AIR?
Life-Re Europe 2026 round-up
Life-Re Europe held its first event in April. From longevity to reinsurance, assets to regulations, the forum covered a manifold range of key topics for the European life insurance market.
Tilo Dresig, CEO, Viridium, offers his perspective on the European life consolidation market and how Viridium is poised to expand into this business.
Emily Eskandari, Assistant Vice President, Client Solutions, Continental Europe, Pacific Life Re, shares her thoughts on the Dutch longevity risk transfer market and opportunities for growth in other European countries.
Simon Woods, CEO Savings & Retirement, Zurich Insurance Group, talks about the outlook for European life insurance and how Zurich is developing its products for a changing market.
Luca Cetrano, Head of Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation, Assicurazioni Generali, talks about the opportunities in private credit and more for the insurer.
- European Life insurance: spotlighting the market
- Back-book consolidation
- Legacy business transformation
- Asset management challenges and opportunities in European life
- Reinsurers and insurers: life risk transfer strategies
- The regulatory outlook
