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Linking annuity benefits to the longevity experience: alternative solutions
- Source :
- Annals of Actuarial Science. 14:316-337
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- The uncertainty regarding financial returns and the life expectancy, joint to the reduced social security benefits, increasingly expose individuals to the risk of outliving their post-retirement assets. However, the demand for longevity guarantees remains low, due to high costs. The providers, on their side, may be reluctant to offer non-adjustable longevity guarantees, as the risk is long term and difficult to predict. It is therefore convenient to reconsider the design of longevity guarantees. In particular, a participating structure, providing a link to some longevity experience, could allow a sharing of losses, and possibly profits, resulting in a reduction of the cost of the retained guarantee. The literature review suggests a number of alternatives to define a longevity-linking arrangement, but the topic is not yet completely explored. It is useful, in particular, to have a common framework, under which the various solutions can be interpreted and compared, also with a view to the trade-off between the retained risk and the cost of the guarantee. Developing a general structure describing longevity-linked post-retirement benefits is the main purpose of this paper. Allowing for aggregate longevity risk, we then examine suitable solutions for insurance products.
Details
- ISSN :
- 17485002 and 17484995
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Actuarial Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........48085982921ecc9b3e2495bdee2ff756