Mortality research highlights dangers for schemes

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The Actuarial Profession's Continuous Mortality Investigation suggests schemes must hold 10% more assets per pound of benefit promised for managers than for lower paid employees, Mercer says.

The CMI research shows large variations between and within industries with overall mortality rates in the financial sector are around 20% lower than those calculated by schemes in mining and manufa...

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