Podcast

Understanding longevity - assumptions for insurance companies and pension schemes

calendar icon 18 July 2023

Key topics discussed

  • Introductions : (0m)
  • Setting baseline mortality rates : (6m 15s)
  • Future longevity improvements : (15m 3s)
  • Preparing for an insurance transaction : (29m 16s)
  • Challenges and opportunities : (36m 10s)

Overview

In this episode of Hymans Robertson on... Understanding Longevity, Ben Johnson is joined by Helen Wells, Mark Cooper from Rothesay and Mark Sharkey from Club Vita to discuss how pension schemes and insurers may have different approaches to longevity.

We discuss how insurers and pension schemes go about setting baseline mortality rates and allowances for future improvements, and our guests talk about the challenges and opportunities of longevity work in 2023.

Speakers

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Head of International Longevity

Male

Mark Sharkey

Global Head of Pensions Strategy at Club Vita

female

Helen Wells

Actuarial Consultant

Male

Mark Cooper

Head of Longevity Risk at Rothesay

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