Towers Watson launches off-shore longevity hedging service

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Towers Watson has launched an off-shore longevity hedging service to give medium-sized schemes direct access to the reinsurance market.

The Longevity Direct service lets schemes cut out the insurers and banks that have traditionally acted as intermediaries by owning a ready-made insurance cell to pass the risk through to the re-ins...

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