21 August 2019
Mike Kreps, Groom Law Group, talks to Douglas Anderson, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Club Vita, about a longevity insurance product popular in the UK for hedging longevity risk while retaining investment freedom, called a longevity swap.
Douglas explains that using annuities to de-risk a pension plan can be quite a rigid solution, which crystalizes the funding position of the plan. Pension plans looking for a bit more investment freedom while still hedging longevity risk could look to a product popular in the UK called a longevity swap.
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Are annuities the only way to de-risk longevity?
Good data is needed to create a more competitive market for longevity insurance.
Douglas Anderson, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Club Vita
On our travels we get asked many interesting questions: Is longevity risk actually important? Have we reached the limit of life expectancy? Is Club Vita a night club / sports team / all-inclusive holiday company?
Here our team answer some of the more frequent questions we are asked. If you have more questions that we haven’t covered, please get in touch.