Longevity

The government has today detailed plans on how the state pension age will rise to 66 by 2020.

The Life & Longevity Markets Association has unveiled a series of publications on longevity, as part of a drive to further standardise the longevity market and to bring the creation of a longevity market one step closer.

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Many in the industry would have thought there is little relationship between increasing male life expectancy and Viagra.

A year on from the first UK pension scheme longevity swap, Laura Blows finds out what's been happening in the market

Schemes could "considerably" reduce longevity basis risk by utilising index-based longevity hedges, academics say.

The longevity risk transfer market continues to grow exponentially with UK longevity and risk deals set to exceed £10bn by the end of the year, Hewitt Associates says.

UK - Government should look to use public-private partnerships to address taxpayer exposure to defined benefit longevity risk, Swiss Re says.

Government should look to use public-private partnerships to address taxpayer exposure to defined benefit longevity risk, Swiss Re says.

Increasing longevity means we are all going to have to work for longer if we are to save enough to give us a comfortable retirement.