A Hermite-spline model of post-retirement mortality

Stephen J. Richards

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Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Retirement, Disability, and Employment Probability and Risk Models

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We present a model for post-retirement mortality where differentials automatically reduce with increasing age, but without the fitted mortality rates for subgroups crossing over. Selection effects are catered for, as are age-modulated time trends and seasonal variation in mortality. Central to the model are Hermite splines, which permit parsimonious modelling of complex risk factors in even modest-sized portfolios. The model is therefore suitable for the stand-alone analysis of experience data for reinsurance, bulk annuities and longevity swaps. We also illustrate the contrast between the statistical significance of a risk factor and its financial significance and discuss reasons why one might include risk factors like season that are not directly financially significant.

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