Club Vita

Deutsche Bank has launched a range of longevity indices it says will enable schemes to hedge longevity risk more quickly and cheaply.

Hymans Robertson longevity consultant Andrew Gaches explores the latest trends in life expectancy.

The first data released from the 2011 census has confirmed there is a huge increase in people expected to reach traditional retirement age over the next few years.

Club Vita and Deutsche Borse have launched a range of longevity indices in a bid to expand the longevity swap market and open it up to smaller schemes.

Some of the country's largest firms are ignoring the threat of increased member longevity and have failed to increase their assumptions, analysis of accounts reveals.

Scheme liabilities could soar after the Office for National Statistics published updated longevity figures showing increases in life expectancy.

Moves by pension minister Steve Webb to simplify the state pension are risking discrimination against poorer parts of society, longevity experts say.

Rising longevity still poses a risk despite some schemes having their fingers burnt at successive valuations, Club Vita warns.

Changes to longevity assumptions for the latest round of triennial valuations have sent defined benefit scheme liabilities soaring by £50bn, longevity experts say.

As longevity expectations continue to rise, Laura Blows explores the options available to counter this and the move towards standardisation of the longevity hedge market