Swiss Re: Term Life Rates Must Rise

Tough U.S. reserving rules and the effects of the financial crisis already are forcing insurers to increase term life prices, a reinsurer says.

Kurt Karl and David Laster, analysts in the New York office of Swiss Reinsurance Company, write in a report that term insurance prices have started to rise this year after falling sharply for 15 years.

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