Description: This article is an interview with Emma McWilliam about her book, Longevity Risk. The author has expertise in longevity and annuities having worked on the first bulk annuity transfers in the market, advising on the acquisition of blocks of annuities, setting longevity pricing bases, assisting on the risk management of annuities, and developing longevity bond and swap structures for the transfer of risk to the capital markets.

Description: Effective risk management of a portfolio demands accurate and succinct models which explain the main risk factors. We look at the various requirements we demand of a model, and find that they can all be met with an import from medical statistics: survival models.

Description: This is an article regarding a trip the author took in search of centenarians in a remote area of Pakistan.

Description: This article examines the impact of a changing smoking rate on population-level mortality improvement and the importance of taking this driver into account.

Description: This article is about the 2008 Living to 100 Symposium which highlighted changes in longevity, biological perspectives, mortality trends and more .

Description: This article discusses how understanding the drivers of mortality and morbidity is essential for identifying and developing suitable business opportunities.

Description: Life reinsurance activity in Bermuda has experienced rapid growth in recent years. This article explores the key drivers of this growth.

Description: 'This article compares the insurance industry's mortality experience for Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan. The industry's mortality experience that has been analyzed includes the variables of age, policy year, and gender.' From International News, August 2011.

Description: This article describes quotes from the Bible that relate to the length of life and compares them to modern life expectancy statistics.

Description: This article by Anna Rappaport and Eric Freden contains a compelling compendium of comments shared by top actuaries working in different roles with retirement systems who attended the fourth triennial “Living to 100” Symposium in Orlando, Fla.