Longevity Risk and Capital Markets: The 2008-2009 Update

7 Pages Posted: 19 Mar 2009

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David P. Blake

City, University of London

Anja De Waegenaere

Tilburg University - Department of Econometrics & OR, Netspar, and CentER

Richard D. MacMinn

National Chengchi University; The University of Texas

Theo Nijman

Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management

Date Written: March 18, 2009

Abstract

Longevity Four: The Fourth International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference was held in Amsterdam on 25-26 September 2008. It was hosted by Netspar and the Pensions Institute (at Cass Business School), organised by PensionSummit and sponsored by Cardano, EIM, Nationale Nederlanden, and Robeco; IPE and Pensions & Investments were media partners. Mortality improvements around the world are putting more pressure on governments, pension funds, life insurance companies as well as individuals to deal with the longevity risk they face. At the same time, capital markets can, in principle, provide vehicles to hedge longevity risk effectively. Many new investment products have been created both by the insurance/reinsurance industry and by the capital markets. Mortality catastrophe bonds are an example of a successful insurance-linked security. Some new innovative capital market solutions for transferring longevity risk include survivor bonds, reverse mortgages, longevity-linked swaps and mortality (or q-) forward contracts. The aim of the International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conferences is to bring together academics and practitioners from all over the world to discuss and analyze these exciting new developments.

Suggested Citation

Blake, David P. and De Waegenaere, Anja M.B. and MacMinn, Richard D. and Nijman, Theo E., Longevity Risk and Capital Markets: The 2008-2009 Update (March 18, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1362485 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1362485

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