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The Pension Regulator’s (TPR’s) new funding code of practice encourages trustees to use scheme-specific analysis when setting their mortality assumptions – an approach Club Vita have been championing since 2008. But why is it so important?

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Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 11-: COVID-19 is seen as a landmark moment in the evolution of life expectancy…and in the future, we end up living shorter lives.

Daniel Reddy explores how the pandemic has impacted life expectancy by focusing on a decrease in life spans from both a short and long-term perspective.

6 October 2021

Explainers | External publications

The Long View

What consequences has the pandemic had for private sector DB pension schemes...

1 October 2021

Business updates | Press releases

Club Vita to provide longevity analytics through Mantle

Analytics to support bespoke, member by member longevity assumptions will be integrated within the Mantle administration and valuation platform.

1 October 2021

Opinion & experiences | Behavioural economics blogs

The Negativity effect – how many wrongs make a right?

In Erik Pickett's latest blog, he explores the negativity effect - do you have a stronger emotional reaction to negative events than to positive events? Are you trying to avoid negative experiences? How many positive events do you need to lessen the strength of your negative emotional responses?

30 September 2021

Explainers | Expert response

Life expectancy across the UK

The latest data from the ONS looks at UK life expectancy during 2018 to 2020. Unsurprisingly, this shows a big drop compared to the previous three year period, as the COVID-19 pandemic saw a marked increase in deaths. Conor O’Reilly looks at the latest data at the population level, and explores the differing patterns in the national and regional data.

27 September 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 10: The democratisation of longevity

In our tenth mega trend blog, Shantel explores the concept of “democratisation of longevity” and how we can make longevity or “long life” accessible to everyone.

22 September 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 9: 30 really is the new 20

In our ninth mega trend blog, Nikiya examines the concepts of biological vs chronological age and how measuring age differently could impact mortality assumptions for pension funds or insurers.

16 September 2021

General interest | VitaMins

VitaMins Health: mRNA technology – a silver spike-protein lining?

In the latest release of VitaMins Health we examine breakthroughs in mRNA technologies due to COVID-19 and what this suggests for life expectancy.

14 September 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 8: Big data grows up – from open banking, to open insurance, to open health

In our eight mega trend blog, our Canadian colleague Saeed Ahmadi explores big data - from open banking, to open insurance to open health.

30 August 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 7: wearable tech drives life expectancy increases

In our seventh mega trend blog, Conor O’Reilly explores how advances in wearable technology could lead to further increases in life expectancy in the future.

3 August 2021

General interest | Top charts

Top Charts 21-07: World records, 100m sprint vs life expectancy

Inspired by the start of the Tokyo Olympic games, in this edition of Top Charts Nick Chadwick and Erik Pickett compare the progression of world records for the 100m sprint and for life expectancy at birth.

23 July 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 6: healthy life expectancy will increase at a quicker pace than life expectancy

In our sixth mega trend blog, France Panneton discusses whether the quality over quantity argument will influence the push to increase healthy life expectancy more rapidly than total lifespan.

9 July 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 5: Longevity risk will (is already) moving back to institutions from individuals

In our fifth mega trend blog, Jennifer Haid discusses longevity risks moving back to institutions from individuals.

29 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 4: pension funds and insurers include longevity impact in climate risk management

In our fourth mega trend blog, Mark Sharkey discusses pension funds and insurers including longevity impact in climate risk management.

22 June 2021

General interest | VitaMins

VitaMins Health: COVID-19 and cancer – prevention on pause?

In the latest edition of VitaMins Health we look at delays in cancer treatments and screenings due to the pandemic and the potential effects on longevity.

17 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 3: Pension schemes start treating longevity as a risk to manage rather than an assumption to get ‘right’

Read our third mega trend blog where Erik Pickett discusses the relationship between pension schemes, longevity and risk.

11 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trends 2: Longevity becomes a tradeable commodity

Read our second mega trend blog where Nick Chadwick discusses longevity becoming a tradeable commodity.

1 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 1: UK longevity inequality will grow

Read our first mega trend blog where Douglas Anderson discusses UK longevity inequality.

24 May 2021

Opinion & experiences | Behavioural economics blogs

Choice overload – the paradox of too much choice

Would you like a piece of cake? Would you prefer carrot cake or tiramisu? Or would you prefer cheesecake? Or fruit cake? Or chocolate cake? Or red velvet cake, Boston cream pie, Battenburg, Black Forest gateau, lingonkaka, pineapple upside-down cake? Or maybe a flourless chocolate torte?

18 May 2021

Explainers | Pandemic updates

COVID-19: The latest picture as a 10th March 2021

In this week’s update on emerging COVID-19 data, there are additional encouraging signs as both overall and COVID-19 deaths have fallen once again.

11 March 2021

Explainers | Expert response

VitaMins: The CMI_2020 Mortality Projections Model

The CMI have released the latest version of their mortality projections model, which includes England & Wales population data up to 2020.

9 March 2021

Research & technical | Research & technical notes

COVID-19 longevity scenarios: a bump in the road or a catalyst for change?

A bump in the road or a catalyst for change?

3 March 2021

Opinion & experiences | Behavioural economics blogs

The Narrative Effect – the power of a good story

The narrative effect is the reliance on a connecting story to interpret a series of events. It is a very powerful effect both in business and pleasure, but is not without it's pitfalls!

3 March 2021

Explainers | Pandemic updates

COVID-19 The latest picture as at 24th February 2021

In this week’s update on emerging COVID-19 data, there are further encouraging signs as COVID-19 deaths have fallen by around 22%, although they remain at a high level.

24 February 2021

Explainers | Pandemic updates

COVID-19: The latest picture as at 28th January 2021

In the latest weekly update on emerging COVID-19 data, Conor finds that a rise in COVID-19 deaths has offset a broadly equivalent fall in non COVID-19 linked deaths in the latest week, resulting in similar numbers of death registrations to last week.

29 January 2021

General interest | Top charts

Top Charts 21-10: Excess deaths in England & Wales: 2020 compared to history

In this edition of Top Charts, Chuyi Yang looks at excess deaths in England & Wales and compares the extreme experience in 2020 to previous years back to 1900.

28 January 2021

General interest | VitaMins

VitaMins: Life on pause

Late in 2020, Conor and Steven wrote an article on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on broader medical services in the UK that was included in the Longevity Bulletin on COVID-19 published by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. The key points are summarised here, but we recommend reading the full article for further details (as well as the other articles).

8 January 2021

Opinion & experiences | Personal blogs

Reasons to be cheerful

A Scotsman on Hogmanay morning should be planning the New Year party. Not this year. I’m holed up in my study soberly digesting the latest grim diet of COVID statistics, whilst escaping my children’s depression at the prospect of weeks more separation from their friends. We could all do with an injection of optimism: some reasons to be cheerful.

4 January 2021

Opinion & experiences | Behavioural economics blogs

Cognitive miserliness – I’m too busy to think about that!

In his latest blog, Erik Pickett looks at the concept of cognitive miserliness, which is the tendency to avoid (or reduce) mental effort when making decisions.

17 December 2020

General interest | VitaMins

VitaMins Health: Physical activity – are you sitting comfortably?

Sedentary lifestyles are on the rise. More and more people are sitting down on the commute, sitting down at work and sitting down for leisure.

8 December 2020