Life Was Short for Longevity Gains
March 15 2019 - 5:45AM
Dow Jones News
By WSJ City
The great gains in life expectancy as people gave up smoking and
treatments for heart disease improved have run their course. In the
UK, at least, longevity has gone into reverse, writes Paul J Davies
for Heard on the Street.
KEY FACTS
-- That's sobering for people turning 65, but for life insurers it is
turning into a cash windfall.
-- The trend will boost earnings for some US insurers, too, over time.
-- Companies like Prudential Financial and Pacific Life, a mutual insurer,
have become big reinsurers...
-- ...of the risk that British people live longer than expected.
Why This Matters
A string of British life insurers reported higher full-year
profits this month, boosted by reserve releases totalling almost
GBP2bn between them. Aviva's windfall was largest, at GBP780m,
followed by those of Prudential (not to be confused with Prudential
Financial in the US) and Legal & General, which released
GBP441m and GBP433m respectively.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 15, 2019 05:30 ET (09:30 GMT)
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