Best’s Review Explores Private Placements, Life Insurers, Hypermature Markets

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Best’s Review has released the following previews of next month’s issue:

• “Private Placements Likely to Remain in U.S. Insurers’ Portfolios Despite Rising Rates,” explains how private placements have taken on a greater role in insurers’ portfolios and how the qualities that made them attractive will help them stay around.
• “It’s Time for Life Insurers to Go on Offense After COVID-19,” examines how the pandemic showed consumers the importance of life insurance, creating an opportunity for insurers to make a play to close the coverage gap and bring financial protection to more people.
• In “The Curious Case of Hypermature Markets,” Bill Pieroni, president and chief executive officer of ACORD, defines hypermature markets as overwhelmingly dominated by buyer demands around price and convenience and looks at what insurers need to know when doing business in them.

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