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.
The Value of Curiosity
Liane Hirner, CFRO of VIG, has a strong belief in the merits of listening. It is a trait that has helped her navigate the shifts seen in life insurance in recent years, including macro volatility and the advent of trends like PE and asset intensive reinsurance.
Alexandra Jour-Schroeder: a new dawn for EU insurance investment
Europe has an €800bn economic investment gap. Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Deputy Director-General of DG FISMA, European Commission, says European insurers are going to get more opportunities to bridge this.
Japan’s AIR makeover
The Japanese FSA’s nuanced overhaul of its asset intensive reinsurance rules has been welcomed by participants as keeping a key capital-management tool intact for the country’s life insurers. So what do the new rules say?
Sweden a shining star in Europe’s insurance market
The Swedish insurance market is a model in innovation, investment and healthy risk-appetite. Countries around Europe are looking to see what they can learn from their Nordic neighbour, as Magnus Vesterlund, Chief Economist at Svensk Försäkring discusses.
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