Drs. Daniel Bauer (Georgia State University) and Jochen Russ (Institute for Actuarial Studies) presented a new methodology for measuring Actual to Expected accuracy at the 9th Annual Fasano Life Settlement & Longevity Conference. The new methodology, Difference in Curtate Life Expectancy (DCLE), calculates the average difference between the actual and expected number of months lived, and is less biased than other methodologies. When applied to the entire Fasano life settlement database, Fasano’s average difference between actual and expected months of survival was less than one month. Bauer and Russ then sorted Fasano’s DCLE by date of underwriting, as summarized in the following table: Copies of Drs. Bauer and Russ’ slides are available at www.ifa-ulm.de/downloads/DCLE.pdf. Copies of the subsequent article they published on this methodology are available here. [...]

Rajiv Rebello, a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the Academy and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst, has written an article titled "Poor Underwriting Practices Spark Life Settlement Losses". He is a principal of Colva Insurance Services in San Diego. His email address appears at the conclusion of the article. Mr. Rebello's comment "Discounting historical results in favor of better expectations of future mortality offer life settlement investors a false sense of confidence in the accuracy of the underwriting", captures the essence of today's industry discussion. Click here to read entire article.

A Publication for Professional Traders and Institutional Investors. LIFE MARKETS --- Trading Mortality and Longevity Risk with Life Settlements and Linked Securities Internationally acclaimed expert Vishaal Bhugan, Managing Partner of VB Bhuyan & Co., 'and a team of coauthors, including Fasano Associates' President, MICHAEL FASANO, and others from leading financial institutions, hedge funds, actuarial firms, law firms and universities provide a complete analysis of the life settlements market and show how to trade with confidence in the burgeoning market'. Comprehensive in scope 'Life Markets' covers a wealth of material touching on everything from the history of life settlements to making a transaction---pricing, service providers, and exchanges. YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THIS ONE -- order your copy directly from the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [...]

An Institutional Investors Guide to the Burgeoning Field of Reverse Mortgage Securitization. REVERSE MORTGAGES and LINKED SECURITIES: The Complete Guide to Risk, Pricing, and Regulation by Vishaal B. Bhuyan is a collaborative effort of many of the leading minds in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) industry, including reverse mortgage lenders, institutional investors, underwriters, attorneys and regulators. Michael Fasano was tapped to share his professional experience from life settlement underwriting and to explain how more sophisticated underwriting could be a boon to the reverse mortgage market. The book discusses the securitization of reverse mortgages and other linked securities and includes coverage of pricing techniques and risk mitigation, and is one of the only guides to reverse mortgages and linked securities targeted towards institutional investors interested [...]

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Fasano Associates is a diversified underwriting organization serving the life insurance, annuity/structured settlement, life settlement and related industries.  We have chosen to diversify within the underwriting domain, which has allowed us to leverage our analytic strengths. CLICK HERE to view the entire article.