Description: This software was developed as a pedagogical tool to help demonstrate the impact of a change in retirement income strategy on potential financial outcomes. A user can consider various strategies of longevity and asset performance risk transferal and observe the resulting changes on a range of modeled outcomes. The overall purpose is to provide an understanding of the trade–offs of risk and reward in retirement strategies. The software is not intended as a comprehensive retirement planning tool and should not be used, under any situation, for this purpose.

Description: This software was developed as a pedagogical tool to help demonstrate the impact of a change in retirement income strategy on potential financial outcomes. A user can consider various strategies of longevity and asset performance risk transferal and observe the resulting changes on a range of modeled outcomes. The overall purpose is to provide an understanding of the trade–offs of risk and reward in retirement strategies. The software is not intended as a comprehensive retirement planning tool and should not be used, under any situation, for this purpose.

Description: 2009 retirement risk survey from the SOA

Description: 2005 retirement risk survey from the SOA

Description: Download the papers from the "Defining the Characteristics of the 21st Century Retirement System" monograph.

Description: 2011 retirement risk survey from the SOA

Description: 2007 retirement risk survey from the SOA

Description: Download the papers from the Securitization of Insurance Risk: The 1995 Bowles Symposium.

Description: Download the papers from the Securitization of Insurance Risk: The 1995 Bowles Symposium.

Description: This program allows the user to explore in great detail a technical problem that has occupied a number of investors, financial writers and especially retirees, during the last few years, as the baby boomers start to approach retirement. Namely, what is the probability that one will run out of money before running out of life, if his or her current standard of living is maintained? This is a zip file which includes the Retirement Probability Analyzer software, an instruction manual and a PowerPoint presentation explaining the program.