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On the economics of the longevity risk transfer market

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  • Matthias Börger
  • Arne Freimann
  • Jochen Ruß

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We present a model of a longevity risk transfer market with different market players (primary insurers, reinsurers, and capital market investors) and investigate how market dynamics and the market players' roles evolve with progressing market saturation. We find that reinsurers' appetite for longevity risk is the key driver in the early stage of market development. Since diversification benefits with other businesses decrease with every transaction, the reinsurance market is intrinsically antimonopolistic. With the increasing saturation of the reinsurance sector as a whole, its competitiveness shrinks leading to rising expected risk‐adjusted returns for capital market investors. We show that in a saturated market, reinsurers should assume the entire longevity risk from primary insurers, diversify it within their business mix, and subsequently pass on only specific (nondiversifiable) components of the longevity risk to the capital markets. Our findings provide valuable suggestions on how to make the best use of the market's limited risk absorption capacity.

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  • Matthias Börger & Arne Freimann & Jochen Ruß, 2023. "On the economics of the longevity risk transfer market," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 90(3), pages 597-632, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jrinsu:v:90:y:2023:i:3:p:597-632
    DOI: 10.1111/jori.12435
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