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Understanding and comparing longevity projections
This blog post was written by Dave Grimshaw and Jon Palin who discussed and compared a range of methods for projecting future improvements in mortality at the IFoA’…
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Spotlight on Longevity October 2015: Dementia – A major challenge in understanding mortality by cause of death
Dementia is already the second most common cause of death group in England & Wales. Mortality rates from dementia are increasing, unlike other major causes, so it i…
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Spotlight on Longevity June 2015: Allowing for coding changes in cause of death data
Considering mortality improvements by cause of death can provide insight into current and future trends, such as the recent dominance of circulatory disease as a dr…
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Spotlight on Longevity December 2014: Volatility of annual mortality improvements
Our analysis of annual mortality improvements for pensioners shows correlation between years and alternate years of high and low mortality improvements.
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Spotlight on Longevity August 2014: Which mortality assumptions matter most?
We analyse the sensitivity of pensioner and annuitant liability values to mortality rates and mortality improvements at different ages to assess which ages matter m…
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Spotlight on Longevity March 2014: Mortality improvements for insurance and pensioner portfolios
We analyse historical mortality improvements for pension schemes and the general population and find that recent improvements have been higher for pension schemes.