2020
Webinar: Public vs private: is there a sector effect in post-retirement mortality?
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In new research we analyzed Club Vita’s UK and Canadian data sets in search of evidence of a distinct public/private sector effect on longevity. This webinar recording presents the results of this analysis and examines a specific case study for the OPSEU Pension Plan, a large Canadian public sector pension plan.
2020
COVID-19: the "new normal" and its implications for actuarial modeling
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Whilst the grim advance of the COVID-19 pandemic has continued since our webinar on April 15th, the likely changes to our future world have also started to come into focus.
2020
COVID-19: bringing experts together to better our understanding
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The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most serious health emergencies of modern times. In the replay of our second special webinar, our distinguished panel of experts will speak about the topics at hand and answer your questions.
2020
COVID-19: Helping to answer your questions
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The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most serious health emergencies of modern times. In this webinar replay, our distinguished panel of experts will speak about the topics at hand and answer your questions. A detailed Q&A from the session is also posted with the recording.
2020
Webinar: Thinking about a buy out in 2020? Make sure you capture the data dividend
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In this webinar replay, our expert panel will discuss how you can avoid pitfalls, enabling you to secure your pensions as lowest cost.
2019
Webinar: Longevity or mortality? It’s a question of communication
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In this webinar replay, we discuss communication and its effect on how people respond to issues of longevity, mortality, long-term planning and risk.
2019
Webinar: Zooming in on ZIP codes - factor based models for US longevity
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In this webinar replay, we explore the world of factor-based longevity modeling.
2019
Webinar: Three years forward, two steps back - Recent longevity trends and their underlying causes
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In this webinar replay, we discuss the recent longevity trends.
2019
Webinar: Dementia - so often misunderstood
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In this webinar replay, we'll discuss the basics about dementia, take a look at the outlook of current research and explore effects of future longevity.
2018
Webinar: Index-based longevity risk transfers – is the time ripe?
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In this webinar replay, Club Vita’s architect-in-chief, Steven Baxter will introduce the latest thinking on enabling index-based transfers of longevity and mortality risks.
2018
Webinar: Hot and bothered?
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Watch our webinar replay where a panel of leading experts discuss the current understanding of climate change and the potential implications for pension plans and insurance companies. This webinar covers what is happening now and what may happen in the future, how this will affect investments and pension scheme demographics and how the developing regulatory environment will affect those responsible for pension plan funding.
2018
Webinar: Longevity black swans
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In this webinar recording Douglas Anderson (Club Vita), Guy Coughlan (USS) and Paul Kitson (PWC) look look beyond past trends to what potential disruptive developments in medicine, healthcare, technology and lifestyle may mean for life expectancy. By sketching out possible future scenarios, and considering how the impacts will play out in different socio-economic groups, they show how a pension plan can quantify and manage the uncertainty.
2018
Webinar: Nature or nurture?
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What does the research tell us about differences in life expectancy that are attributable to things hard-coded into our DNA, rather than in our personal lifestyle choices? And with the first gene therapies becoming available, what is the outlook for the extension of human life? Actuary-turned-geneticist, Peter Joshi, nurse-turned-medical-researcher, Nicola Oliver and Douglas Anderson, Founder of Club Vita discuss the big issues.