Are longevity improvements beginning to tail off?

Jack Jones looks at the impact of the surprise shift in mortality rates in 2012

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This month saw the annual update of the Actuarial Profession's Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI). While it is too early to say what impact the latest mortality experience will have on long-term longevity trends, the figures are striking.

In 2012, improvements in male mortality rates slowed to 0.3% while for women death rates actually increased by 2.1%. This compares to a crude annual rate of mortality improvement of 3.8% for men an...

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