Live to 125?!

Living to 100 years old is considered by many to be a record benchmark. But a recent article by Matthew Sparks in the Telegraph, “Pension firms preparing for customers to live to 125,” reminded us that, for insurers, the age of 100 is where things start to get interesting. That is because life expectancies have steadily increased over the past few decades and, projecting ahead, people living to over 100 years old will soon be the norm. After all, based on projected mortality table assumptions, the probability of a 65 year old living to at least age 90 is 38% while the probability of a 65 year old living to at least age 100 is 5%. Either of those probabilities coming to fruition could have some nontrivial financial implications for retirement plan sponsors and insurance companies. Insurers taking on the obligations of providing life annuities need to account for the possibility of people living well beyond their average life expectancies. In fact, it’s not uncommon for many pension models and retirement savings products to be valued under the assumption that its users could live to be up to 125 years old. (from Zorest Wadia)

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