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Linking annuity benefits to the longevity experience: alternative solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2020

Annamaria Olivieri  and
Ermanno Pitacco
Annamaria Olivieri*
Affiliation:
1Department of Economics and Management, University of Parma, Italy
Ermanno Pitacco
Affiliation:
2DEAMS, University of Trieste, Italy
*
*Corresponding author. Email: annamaria.olivieri@unipr.it
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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.

Keywords

Longevity-linked annuitiesLongevity risk participating annuitiesAggregate longevity riskLongevity guarantee
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Annals of Actuarial Science , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , September 2020 , pp. 316 - 337
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© Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 2020

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