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DB pensions conference 2022: where next for life expectancies?
The unprecedented disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has been followed by challenging economic conditions.
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Covid-19 – how unusual is recent mortality?
Barnett Waddingham looks at updated data to determine how the Covid-19 pandemic might affect longevity.
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Covid-19 – what the latest death data means for longevity projections
Covid-19 may already have caused 20,000 deaths in the UK, prompting us to look at what these figures mean for longevity liabilities, base mortality and mortality pr…
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Possible longevity impact of Covid-19 on pension schemes and annuity portfolios
The coronavirus is likely to affect the longevity figures associated with pension schemes and annuity portfolios. If the number of excess deaths is around 40,000, t…
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Briefing
Putting a spotlight on Longevity
The slowing of mortality improvements in the UK in recent years has been widely discussed. In this Spotlight we compare recent mortality in the UK to a large number…
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity: Mortality improvements – does one size fit all?
The CMI Model is calibrated to data for the general population but is typically applied to pensioner or annuitant portfolios. These have different mortality rates a…
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Solvency II: longevity risk and spurious parameters
For a recent survey, Barnett Waddingham gathered information on Solvency II capital requirements for longevity from eight internal model firms and we found signific…
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity June 2016: what can we learn from international mortality data?
Projecting mortality trends is inherently uncertain and limited data makes this even more challenging. Can analysis of past trends in international data help us to …
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity December 2015: Has the 'golden cohort' lost its lustre?
In this Spotlight we analyse recent mortality improvements by cohort, including by cause of death, and assess the implications for pension and annuity portfolios.
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Understanding and comparing longevity projections
This blog post was written by Dave Grimshaw and Jon Palin who discussed and compared a range of methods for projecting future improvements in mortality at the IFoA’…