Swiss Re

Ron Wheatcroft discusses how three reports published in September demonstrate the difficulties in funding an ageing society.

Earlier this week the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) released a report declaring the public was massively disconnected from the reality of long-term care (LTC) costs.

Mortality projection models are in need of a radical overhaul to ease insurers' funding problems and give them confidence when pricing future retirement income solutions, an influential new report argues.

Dates have been confirmed for the Protection Review and Personal Finance Society's (PFS) independent protection training sessions.

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) could significantly affect the protection market, Swiss Re has said.

The protection industry has made progress in communicating with consumers but more needs to be done and now maybe the time for product innovation, Swiss Re has said.

Some providers are increasingly targeting workplace and employer based routes to market. Is this going to become more common and should advisers be doing more in this area?

Giant re-insurer Swiss Re will buy 300,000 in-force life policies from American Life Insurance Company (Alico).

The group risk market has begun to recover from the effects of recession although income protection is still in decline, according to Swiss Re.

The group risk industry should be smiling broadly not merely breathing a sigh of relief following the confirmation of an exception from retirement age legislation, said Swiss Re.