Bank of England warns insurers on “systemic” overreliance on reinsurance

The Bank of England has said it is concerned that UK insurers are offloading most of their longevity risk to a small concentration of overseas reinsurance companies, warning that an overreliance on reinsurance as a risk management tool poses a “systemic threat” to the wider sector.

 

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