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Mortality Assumptions and Longevity Risk |
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This report is a clear, authoritative examination This report is a clear, authoritative examination of how mortality assumptions—the predictions actuaries make about how long people will live—directly shape the financial security, pricing, risk exposure, and solvency of life insurance companies and pension plans. As life expectancy continues to rise unpredictably, the paper explains why longevity risk—the risk that people live longer than expected—is now one of the most serious and complex challenges in actuarial science.
Its central message:
Even small errors in mortality assumptions can create massive financial consequences.
When people live longer than anticipated, insurers and pension funds must pay out benefits for many more years, straining reserves, capital, and long-term sustainability.
🧩 Core Themes & Insights
1. Mortality Assumptions Are Foundational
Mortality assumptions influence:
annuity pricing
pension liabilities
life insurance reserves
regulatory capital requirements
asset–liability management
They are used to determine how much money must be set aside today to pay benefits decades into the future.
2. Longevity Risk: People Live Longer Than Expected
Longevity risk arises from:
ongoing medical advances
healthier lifestyles
improved survival at older ages
cohort effects (younger generations aging differently)
This creates systematic risk—it affects entire populations, not just individuals. Because it is long-term and highly uncertain, it is extremely difficult to hedge.
3. Why Mortality Forecasting Is Difficult
The report highlights key sources of uncertainty:
unpredictable improvements in disease treatment
variability in long-term mortality trends
differences in male vs. female mortality improvement
cohort effects (e.g., baby boom generation)
socioeconomic and geographic differences
Traditional deterministic life tables struggle to capture these dynamic changes.
4. Stochastic Mortality Models Are Essential
The paper emphasizes the growing use of:
Lee–Carter models
CBD (Cairns–Blake–Dowd) models
Multi-factor and cohort mortality models
These models incorporate randomness and allow actuaries to estimate:
future mortality paths
probability distributions
“best estimate” and adverse scenarios
This is crucial for capital planning and solvency regulation.
5. Financial Implications of Longevity Risk
When mortality improves faster than assumed:
annuity liabilities increase
pension funding gaps widen
life insurers face reduced profits
capital requirements rise
The paper explains how regulatory frameworks (e.g., Solvency II, RBC) require insurers to hold additional capital to protect against longevity shocks.
6. Tools to Manage Longevity Risk
To control exposure, companies use:
A. Longevity swaps
Transfer the risk that annuitants live longer to reinsurers or capital markets.
B. Longevity bonds and mortality-linked securities
Spread demographic risks to investors.
C. Reinsurance
Offload part of the longevity exposure.
D. Natural hedging
Balance life insurance (mortality risk) with annuities (longevity risk).
E. Scenario testing & stress testing
Evaluate the financial impact if life expectancy rises 2–5 years faster than expected.
7. Global Perspective
Countries with rapid aging—Japan, the UK, Western Europe, China—are most exposed. Regulators encourage:
more robust mortality modeling
transparent risk disclosures
dynamic assumption-setting
stronger capital buffers
The report stresses that companies must continually update assumptions as new mortality data emerge.
🧭 Overall Conclusion
The paper concludes that accurate mortality assumptions are essential for financial stability in life insurance and pensions. As longevity continues to improve unpredictably, longevity risk becomes one of the most significant threats to solvency. Insurers must adopt:
advanced mortality models
strong risk-transfer mechanisms
dynamic assumption frameworks
robust capital strategies
Longevity is a gift for individuals—but a major quantitative, financial, and strategic challenge for institutions responsible for lifetime benefits.... |
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