Abstract This Special Issue of Insurance: Mathematics and Economics contains 16
contributions to the academic literature all dealing with longevity risk and capital markets …

In the wake of the global pandemic known as COVID-19, retirees, along with those hoping to
retire someday, have been shocked into a new awareness of the need for better risk …

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic in Wales and the UK has highlighted significant and
historic inequalities in health between social groups. To better understand the composition …

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupts the relatively steady trend of improving longevity
observed in many countries over the last decades. We claim that this needs to be addressed …

Life insurance profitability depends on reliable mortality risk projections and pricing. While
the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions around the world, this is a temporary …

Reverse mortgages (RMs) are acquiring a growing centrality to meet the needs of a
progressive aging population and to support the fragility of traditional pension systems. With …

Predicting the evolution of mortality rates plays a central role for life insurance and pension
funds. Various stochastic frameworks have been developed to model mortality patterns by …

Linking pensions to longevity developments at retirement age has been one of the most
common policy responses of pension schemes to aging populations. The introduction of …

Background Previous studies have used different biometric indicators to measure the effect
of Covid-19 on population mortality such as the number of deaths or the decrease of life …

This special issue of the Journal of Demographic Economics contains 10 contributions to the
academic literature all dealing with longevity risk and capital markets. Draft versions of the …