Working Paper 30 and version 1.0 of the CMI Library of Mortality Projections

Working Paper 30 summarises the responses received to Working Paper 27 and the draft library of mortality projections, the CMI's reaction to these points, and the resultant changes incorporated in version 1.0 of the library.

The Mortality Projections Task Force produced the draft "library" of mortality projections which was published, together with Working Paper 27, in July 2007. Meetings to discuss the draft library were held in London and Edinburgh during July. The slides from these meetings can be accessed here.

The Task Force invited feedback on all aspects of the draft library of mortality projections and Working Paper 27. Over 40 responses were received from a variety of individuals and organisations, including many of the larger insurance companies and pension consultancies.

The Task Force considered all the comments received, together with points made in discussion at the various meetings, and whether - and how - these should be reflected in version 1.0 of the library which was published simultaneously with this Working Paper.

To access Working Paper 30, please click here.

A user guide has also been issued which documents the contents of version 1.0 of the library and which the CMI intends to update as and when the library is updated in future. To access the user guide, please click here.

The library itself is available in a series of zipped spreadsheets:

• Volume 1 contains previously-published tables of projections (see section 3 of the user guide)
• Volume 2 contains specimen adjusted Interim Cohort Projections (see section 4 of the user guide)
• Volume 3 contains specimen P-Spline age-period projections (see section 5 of the user guide)
• Volume 4 contains specimen P-Spline age-cohort projections (see section 5 of the user guide)
• Volume 5 contains specimen Lee-Carter projections (see section 6 of the user guide)

Please note that these are large documents and may take some time to download.

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