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Insurance bodies tackle longevity risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... being a specialist area, as there is a rising demand for products that do provide long term care or a way to manage longevity risk. "Currently there is a public policy debate about how you make those products and also on how you shift the onus from state ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... certain retirement products are stifling growth and innovation in annuities - affecting how super funds can address longevity risk, according to a Towers Watson report. Under the current tax and the age pension means test provisions, deferred lifetime ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The Dutch pension system will soon introduce a new pension contract that would tackle the dual challenges of longevity risk and an ageing population. The Netherlands has a mandatory pension system based on generous defined benefits but an ageing population ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... other risks. "Advisers will have to deal with inflation risks, it's not going to go away, we need more focus on longevity risk and they need to have around 30 per cent allocation into annuities," said Cooper. Cooper spoke of the benefits of annuities ...

SMSFs to hedge more against longevity risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... largest risk faced by self-managed super fund trustees before they retire due to highly unpredictable markets, a longevity risk expert said. Andrew Robertson, head of longevity solutions, Macquarie, said that coupled with the fact that retirees are living ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... combination of ongoing product innovation, changing risk appetite in the aftermath of the GFC, growing awareness of longevity risk and the government removing impediments are the answer rather than more complexed structured instruments," he said. Challenger ...

Longevity products in early stages

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... relatively underexplored. "Longevity is something that is going to become more apparent, particularly managing longevity risk," said Julian Carpenter, MetLife's head of direct insurance distribution. An aging population means that life insurance and ...

No easy fit for health insurance: super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Super funds offering health insurance as a bundled product would be an ideal evolution of the savings and healthcare industries, but achieving this goal is a long way off - if it ever happens, insurers say. Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Super System Review ...

Challenger injects more liquidity into annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... currently referred to as "Liquid Lifetime" was developed following increased attention to annuity products, and as longevity risk continues to weigh on investors' mind. This is the first lifetime annuity product to be launched by Challenger since 2007. ...

North gets S&P very strong rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... the needs of the retiree market while including downside protection, growth potential, income predictability and longevity risk. The product is issued by subsidiaries of AXA Asia-Pacific Holdings. The guarantee is a retirement income stream product that ...