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  • December 2013

Could Underwritten Annuities work for Japan?

By
  • Gregory M. Goodfliesh
  • Peter Banthorpe
Japan annuity market: Elderly japanese pensioners
In Brief
Mr Greg M Goodfliesh of RGA Reinsurance Company Japan Branch and Mr Peter Banthorpe of RGA UK Services Limited, explore the concept of Underwritten Annuity, a popular hit in the UK, and its applicability as a useful and appropriate product for ageing Japan.

Longer lives, asset needs and medical advances are three of the main ingredients currently generating an unprecedented demand, in Asia as well as around the world, for insurance products that can provide lifetime asset and income protection.

Mr Greg M Goodfliesh of RGA Reinsurance Company Japan Branch and Mr Peter Banthorpe of RGA UK Services Limited, explore the concept of Underwritten Annuity, a popular hit in the UK, and its applicability as a useful and appropriate product for ageing Japan.

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Gregory M. Goodfliesh
Vice President (ret.), RGAX
Peter Banthorpe
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Peter Banthorpe
Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Risk Officer 

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Reprinted with permission of The Asia Insurance Review (AIR)
www.asiainsurancereview.com.