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16 February 2026 - by Lucy Ouyang, James Stoltzfus, Valea Fredrickson-Coyne, Ken Qian, Florin Ginghina, Fiona Ng, Tushar Mittal, George Zumanu, Emmanuel Boamah, Jie-Hee Park, Daniel Maka
Structured credit is no longer a niche allocation for life insurers — it’s becoming core to SAA strategy.
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08 December 2025 - by Julian Man, Clement Bonnet, Alex Bryant, Takanori Hoshino, Hiroki Koizumi, Chihong An, Sung Hoon Kim, Linda Jin, Jaden Chiu, Michelle Lai, Lucy Ouyang, Florin Ginghina
Insurers in Asia are taking a more proactive approach to ALM, according to our 2025 survey of companies in the region.
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05 September 2025 - by Florin Ginghina
We review significant market events and trends in new business volumes, examine the prevalence of back-book optimisations, and look ahead to the rest of the year.
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25 July 2025 - by Claire Booth, Jessica Crowson, Matthew Ford, Florin Ginghina
We discuss the state of the UK PRT market, rates and spreads, innovation, regulatory developments, and other issues for insurers.
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01 May 2025 - by Matthew Ford, Florin Ginghina
We provide an overview of the MAIA, and comment on the proposals and possible commercial implications of CP7/25.
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24 July 2024 - by Peter Lin, John Jenkins, Florin Ginghina, Russell Ward, William Smith
We summarise key points from a recent panel of senior ALM professionals representing a range of UK-based life insurance firms.
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10 July 2024 - by Florin Ginghina, John Jenkins, William Smith, Russell Ward, Lyndsay Wrobel
We give key insights on the UK’s PS10/24, which includes reforms to the Matching Adjustment, much of which is beneficial to insurers and policyholders.
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25 June 2024 - by Florin Ginghina, Matthew Ford, Jessica Crowson
With bulk purchase annuity transactions, insurers must carry out thorough due diligence and determine their risk appetite for deals with unusual features.
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20 May 2024 - by Matthew Ford, Florin Ginghina, Russell Ward
We share findings from our 2024 Illiquid Asset Survey, which covers U.K. insurers in the bulk purchase annuity sector as they adapt approaches to solvency reform.
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23 April 2024 - by Jessica Crowson, Florin Ginghina, Matthew Ford
We offer some themes and insights from SFCR filings by UK bulk annuity insurers for year-end 2023, such as record premium volumes and careful capital deployment.