Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 7-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Lifecycle Portfolio Choice With Systematic Longevity Risk and Variable Investment—Linked Deferred Annuities

Lifecycle Portfolio Choice With Systematic Longevity Risk and Variable Investment—Linked Deferred... ABSTRACT This article assesses the impact of variable investment‐linked deferred annuities (VILDAs) on lifecycle consumption and portfolio allocation, allowing for systematic longevity risk. Under a self‐insurance strategy, insurers set premiums to reduce the chance that benefits paid exceed provider reserves. Under a participating approach, the provider avoids taking systematic longevity risk by adjusting benefits in response to unanticipated mortality shocks. Young households with participating annuities average one‐third higher excess consumption, while 80‐year‐olds increase consumption about 75 percent. Many households would prefer to participate in systematic longevity risk unless insurers can hedge it at a very low price. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Risk & Insurance Wiley

Lifecycle Portfolio Choice With Systematic Longevity Risk and Variable Investment—Linked Deferred Annuities

Loading next page...
 
/lp/wiley/lifecycle-portfolio-choice-with-systematic-longevity-risk-and-variable-fPluMJ0v3f

References (65)

Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2013
ISSN
0022-4367
eISSN
1539-6975
DOI
10.1111/j.1539-6975.2012.01502.x
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article assesses the impact of variable investment‐linked deferred annuities (VILDAs) on lifecycle consumption and portfolio allocation, allowing for systematic longevity risk. Under a self‐insurance strategy, insurers set premiums to reduce the chance that benefits paid exceed provider reserves. Under a participating approach, the provider avoids taking systematic longevity risk by adjusting benefits in response to unanticipated mortality shocks. Young households with participating annuities average one‐third higher excess consumption, while 80‐year‐olds increase consumption about 75 percent. Many households would prefer to participate in systematic longevity risk unless insurers can hedge it at a very low price.

Journal

Journal of Risk & InsuranceWiley

Published: Sep 1, 2013

There are no references for this article.