We describe the risks faced by the aging population and survey the corresponding insurance markets for these risks. We focus on income risk, health expenditure risk, long-term care expenditure risk, and mortality risk. We also discuss the interactions between social insurance and private...

Guarantees are often seen as the key characteristics of pension saving products, but securing them can become costly and is of central relevance especially in the course of the current low interest rate environment. In this article, we deal with the question of how costly the typical types of...

Nach einem Jahr Corona-bedingter Pause fand das FaRis & DAV-Symposium am 10. Dezember 2021 an der Technischen Hochschule Köln statt. Unter dem Titel „Aktuelle Herausforderungen an das aktuarielle und finanzielle Risikomanagement durch COVID-19 und die anhaltende Niedrigzinsphase“...

We examine economic vulnerability to illness when, as for informal sector workers in Thailand, there is universal coverage for health care but earnings losses are uninsured. Even with comprehensive health care entitlement, severe illness that strikes an initially healthy worker is found to raise...