Top Charts US – Longevity trends in US Defined Benefit pension plans
19 August 2021
In this edition of Top Charts Chuyi Yang looks at the difference in recent mortality improvements between the US population and Defined Benefit pension participants.
Top Charts International – World records, 100m sprint vs life expectancy
23 July 2021
Inspired by the start of the Tokyo Olympic games, in this edition of Top Charts Nick Chadwick and Erik Pickett compare the progression of world records for the 100m sprint and for life expectancy at birth.
Top Charts US – Widening inequality in life expectancy in the US
26 May 2021
In this edition of Top Charts, Erik Pickett, looks at the implications of recent Society of Actuaries research into the widening of life expectancy inequality in the US.
Top Charts US – Excess deaths in the US: 2020 compared to history
22 February 2021
In this edition of Top Charts, Chuyi Yang looks at excess deaths in the US and compares the extreme experience in 2020 to previous years back to 1933.
Top Charts US – COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths
16 November 2020
In this edition of Top Charts, Erik Pickett looks at the relationship between case numbers, hospitalization rates and deaths caused by COVID-19.
Top Charts International – COVID-19 compared to other leading causes of death
30 October 2020
In this edition of Top Charts, Erik Pickett examines how the numbers of COVID-19 deaths compare to other leading causes of death in the UK, US and Canada.
Top Charts US – Life expectancy doesn’t tell the whole story
28 August 2020
In this edition of Top Charts, Erik Pickett explains why there's more than meets the eye when it comes to life expectancy.
Top Charts US – US 2020 cumulative deaths
15 May 2020
In this edition of Top Charts, Dan Reddy discusses the effect COVID-19 is having on 2020 cumulative deaths.
Top Charts US: US cancer improvements
24 February 2020
In this edition of Top Charts US, Erik Pickett asks whether cancer mortality has been improving in the US in recent years?
Top Charts International – How harsh are the winters in Canada, the UK and the US?
17 December 2019
In this edition of Top Charts International, Richard Brown, Erik Pickett and Daniel Reddy discuss whether more people die in the winter than in the summer.
Top Charts US: Mortality inequality in the US
15 October 2019
In this edition of Top Charts US, Erik Pickett presents a chart exploring the mortality gap between rich and poor.
Club Vita's Top Charts: Grieving widow effect
18 April 2019
In this edition Longevity Consultant Erik Pickett presents a chart exploring the so-called “grieving widow effect”.
Club Vita's Top Charts: Life Expectancy Trends Around the World
23 October 2018
In this edition Longevity Consultant, Nick Chadwick, takes a closer look at recent changes in life expectancy in different countries around the globe.
Club Vita's Top Charts: Balancing value and risk when insuring sub-groups of pensioners
14 September 2018
In this edition Longevity Modeler, Chuyi Yang, looks at the benefits of individual assumptions when assessing the value of longevity insurance for sub-groups of pension plan participants.
Club Vita's Top Charts: Key ages in longevity risk
4 June 2018
In this edition UK Head of Longevity Modeling, James Maloney, shows that when it comes to life expectancy for new pensioners, it is mortality rates in people’s late 70s and 80s that make the most difference.
Club Vita's Top Charts: The Bee-Swarm Chart - Illustrating Diversity
5 April 2018
In this edition Club Vita's UK Membership Secretary, Steve Hood, shows a chart that illustrates why it is important to capture and use all available information when setting longevity assumptions for pension plans.