Papers
Defining Qualified Business Income In Life Settlement Industry October 2018 - By Brian Casey, Thomas Sherman and Jaremi Chilton September 28, 2018, 4:29 PM EDT Among the many other income tax relief provisions provided...
Taxing Life Settlements Investment Funds Under The TCJA – Part Three May 2018 - The third and final instalment addressing the most significant impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the U.S. life settlements industry has...
New TCJA Reporting Rules For Life Settlement Transactions – Part One May 2018 - This is the first article in our series of three articles addressing the material impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to...
Structuring Life Settlements Investment Funds After TCJA – Part Two May 2018 - Brian Casey, Thomas Sherman and Jaremi Chilton bring you part two of a three part series of articles regarding the key impacts of...
Master Agreement for Tertiary Transactions – Andrew Feldman November 2017 - Andrew E. Feldman is Chief Legal Officer of BroadRiver Asset Management, L.P. and advises the firm on legal and compliance matters and on business initiatives. Formed in 2009, BroadRiver...
Due Diligence Concerns from US Litigation on COI and Rescission – Jules Rousseau November 2017 - Jule Rousseau is part of Arent Fox’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice within the Complex Litigation Group. His practice involves complex financial disputes with a focus on insurance and reinsurance....
Marketing & Underwriting Small Face Life Settlements – Simon Erritt & Mike Fasano November 2017 - Simon Erritt is a Managing Director, Finance for Coventry Capital. Based in Coventry’s London office, Mr. Erritt directs Coventry’s capital markets efforts throughout Europe and plays a key role...
Current UK Market Trading Conditions and the Emerging Tontine Effect – Roger Lawrence November 2017 - Following five years with Norwich Union and five years with Willis insurance brokers, Roger Lawrence has been involved with traded policy markets for over twenty two years. Roger has...
The InsurTech Landscape 2017: Business Models and Disruptive Potential – Florian Schreiber November 2017 - Florian Schreiber is Project Manager at the Institute of Insurance Economics at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Before joining HSG, he worked in the corporate finance department of...
Market Update German Secondary Market – Ingo Wichelhaus November 2017 - Ingo Wichelhaus is an Executive Director at EAA Portfolio Advisers GmbH. His main focus lies on portfolio management of Asset Backed Loans including US Life Settlements and German...
The New Wave of Life Settlement Litigation: Attacks on Cost of Insurance Rate Increases September 2017 -
AAP LS Update July 2017 - AA-Partners provides the latest insight into US Life Settlement Market developments, and introduces the concept of a “Pass rate” to assess liquidity risks...
Quantification of Life Settlement Cost of Insurance (COI) increases June 2017 - Matthew Sheridan, independent consultant to ClearLife, looks at possible patterns in recent Cost Of Insurance (COI) increases to US Life Settlements; quantifying the impact to premiums and resulting investment IRRs.
AAP Life Settlement Market Update – December 2016 January 2017 - Another year comes to a close. While uncertainty led to considerable volatility in many traditional markets during 2016 the life settlement market remained steady. AA-Partners provides insight into the latest Life Settlement Market developments.
Explained – changes to ELSA’s Code of Practice December 2016 - ELSA announced the latest edition of the ELSA Code of Practice in November 2016. Simon Erritt of Coventry Capital provides a background to the development of this industry standard and outlines the key changes made to this latest edition.
UK government cancels secondary annuity market plans December 2016 - In an announcement on 18th October 2016, the UK government made a surprise u-turn on their intention to create a UK secondary market in annuities. Read ELSA's reaction in this article.
A Prospective on Longevity December 2016 - Life expectancy increased more than 50% over the last century. What can we expect going forward? Molecular, metabolic, cell stress and environmental variables will affect the outcome. Dr Iacovino of Fasano Associates provides a view on the major factors influencing longevity trends in recent times; and an insight into what the future may hold.
AAP Life Settlement Market Update – October 2016 October 2016 - After a less active August, market activity has picked up in September, driven by increased demand for small face policies. AA-Partners provides insight into the latest Life Settlement Market developments.
ELSA Response to the Financial Conduct Authority Consultation Paper CP16/12: Secondary Annuity Market – proposed rules and guidance June 2016 - Read in full our response to the FCA's CP16/12 consultation, inviting feedback on proposed changes to the FCA Conduct of Business sourcebook to accommodate the UK secondary annuity market. ELSA members have been prominent in the highly successful US Life Settlement and UK TEP markets. We brought this insight to the fore in all of our responses.
ELSA Response to the UK Government Consultation CM9046: Creating a Secondary Annuity Market June 2015 - Read in full our response to the initial UK Treasury consultation on the creation of the UK secondary annuity market. The response draws upon ELSA members' considerable experience in the US Life Settlement market and provides valuable insight into how the major challenges and risks in creating a new market can be addressed.
Life Settlements: International Markets May 2015 - ELSA Chair, Simon Errit, provides insight into developments in the UK government's initiative to create a UK secondary annuity market, and compares and contrasts the government's stance with that of ELSA and its members.
Life Settlement Pricing: An Econometric Approach April 2015 - Professor Braun of the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, presents the latest analysis of Life Expectancy reports for the period 2011-2014. He investigates the pros and cons of applying an econometric modelling approach to market pricing.