Longevity
Risk Reduction
Darryl Brundle and Ashley Kanter look at the contrasting pressures and easements on longevity associated with the pandemic
13 October 2020
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
While the CMI Model of longevity improvements has proved reliable, Covid-19 threatens to cause it to show an unrealistic falls in life expectancy. Tim Gordon explains why the industry should not overreact
22 September 2020
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
Just a fraction of liability growth since the start of the year will be offset by the impact of excess deaths caused by Covid-19, says Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
22 June 2020
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1 min read
Risk Reduction
A scheme vulnerability analysis tool aiming to allow pension schemes to understand the likely impact of Covid-19 on their members’ life expectancy has been launched by XPS Pensions Group.
15 June 2020
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Nikhil Patel looks at how schemes have hedged longevity over the last decade, and how this will develop in the future.
09 June 2020
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
Pension schemes and life insurers should be prepared for a modest change to their assumptions for mortality rates in the post-Covid-19 world, an academic study suggests.
20 May 2020
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
After a bumper year, insurers are now facing a slower and smaller pipeline as schemes grapple with Covid-19, writes James Phillips.
04 May 2020
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18 min read
Industry
The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending Friday 10 April (week 15) was 77% higher than expected if using the same standardised mortality rates as 2019, says the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).
22 April 2020
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1 min read
Risk Reduction
Very few schemes have protection in place against longevity risk in their scheme liabilities. Howard Kearns explains why and how to rectify this
29 January 2020
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
Three Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes have transferred £10bn of longevity risk to Pacific Life Re in the second-largest longevity swap ever.
29 January 2020
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3 min read
