Evolving Mortality Landscape Presents Solutions, Risk for Insurers: BI Replay

The mortality landscape is changing — and life insurers may need to rethink the assumptions underpinning risk. Post-pandemic shifts in cardiac and cancer mortality, disability trends, new medical interventions and changing demographics are reshaping the outlook for underwriting, reserves and long-term longevity. Join Bloomberg Intelligence Insurance Analyst Jeffrey Flynn, alongside Josh Stirling and Mitch Bagley of Insurance Collaboration to Save Lives and Greg Henkefsa of Blue Sky Advisors, as they examine the forces redefining mortality risk for life insurers. The discussion will explore the potential impact of GLP-1s, including the tradeoff between improved long-term health outcomes and questions around drug persistence, as well as how younger generations entering the risk pool could change traditional mortality assumptions. The panel will also examine how insurers may adapt screening, underwriting and intervention models as these trends evolve. Are traditional mortality assumptions still fit for purpose? And which emerging health trends could have the biggest impact on life insurers next?