Mortality assumption changes add £40bn to liabilities

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CHANGING life expectancy assumptions have added £40bn to scheme liabilities, analysis by Hewitt Associates reveals.

The consultant’s analysis of pension scheme funding valuations submitted to The Pensions Regulator with effective dates between September 2005 and September 2005 revealed UK schemes had "substantia...

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