Modelling Longevity Dynamics for Pensions and Annuity Business
, by Pitacco, Ermanno; Denuit, Michel; Haberman, Steven; Olivieri, AnnamariaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780199547272 | 0199547270
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/15/2009
Mortality improvements, uncertainty in future mortality trends and the relevant impact on life annuities and pension plans constitute important topics in the field of actuarial mathematics and life insurance techniques. In particular, actuarial calculations concerning pensions, life annuitiesand other living benefits (provided, for example, by long-term care insurance products and whole life sickness covers) are based on survival probabilities which necessarily extend over a long time horizon. In order to avoid underestimation of the related liabilities, the insurance company (or thepension plan) must adopt an appropriate forecast of future mortality.Great attention is currently being devoted to the management of life annuity portfolios, both from a theoretical and a practical point of view, because of the growing importance of annuity benefits paid by private pension schemes. In particular, the progressive shift from defined benefit to definedcontribution pension schemes has increased the interest in life annuities with a guaranteed annual amount.This book provides a comprehensive and detailed description of methods for projecting mortality, and an extensive introduction to some important issues concerning longevity risk in the area of life annuities and pension benefits. It relies on research work carried out by the authors, as well as on awide teaching experience and in CPD (Continuing Professional Development) initiatives. The following topics are dealt with: life annuities in the framework of post-retirement income strategies; the basic mortality model; recent mortality trends that have been experienced; general features ofprojection models; discussion of stochastic projection models, with numerical illustrations; measuring and managing longevity risk.