Longevity risk an increasing concern
In recent years, Canadian DB plan sponsors have increased their focus on risk management and, while investment risk may be their biggest concern, longevity risk isn’t far behind, says Simmons.
“Over the last 40 years, the assumptions that a typical pension plan has been using to estimate how long their plan members are going to live have changed a number of times. The result has been, for a typical pension plan, a 25 to 30 per cent increase in liabilities.”
Two examples of Canadian DB pension plans transferring their longevity risk through annuity buy-ins are BCE Inc.’s $5-billion transfer to Sun Life in 2015, followed by a $35-million transaction between Canadian Bank Note Co. Ltd. and the Canada Life Assurance Co. in 2016.
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