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Life annuities are attractive mainly for healthy people. In order to expand their business, in recent years, some insurers have started offering higher annuity rates to those whose health conditions are critical. Life annuity portfolios are then supposed to become larger and more heterogeneous....
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Pools of voluntary life annuities typically report lower mortality rates than the general population, as when the product is quoted at standard rates, it is attractive mainly for healthy people. In order to expand their portfolio, in recent years some insurers have started offering higher...
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Due to the increasing interest in several markets in life annuity products with a guaranteed periodic benefit, the back-side effects of some features that may prove to be critical either for the provider or the customer should be better understood. In this research, we focus on the time frames...
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Special-rate life annuities are life annuity products whose single premium is based on a mortality assumption driven (at least to some extent) by the health status of the applicant. The health status is ascertained via an appropriate underwriting step (which explains the alternative expression...
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Standard life annuities are attractive mainly for healthy people. Premium rates are consequently kept high. Hence, a large portion of potential annuitants are out of reach of insurers. In order to expand their business, some insurers have started offering better annuity rates to people whose...
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