04/13 - The Actuary - April 2013

Features

• Interview: John Kay - Nick Silver discovers why the author of the Kay Review of UK equity markets believes the current system is fated.
• Pensions: Living in the moment - Clene Lee and William Zimmern ask if pension schemes get better results by focusing on the present.
• Underwritten annuities
• Healthy choice? - Billy Burrows offers an adviser's perspective on enhanced annuitites
• Of wealth and health - Dr Gordon Woo on human resilience
• Outsmarting mortality - Daniel Ryan welcomes the integration of medical and demographic knowledge
• The gender angle - Jules Charrington looks at the effect of the Test-Achats gender ruling on rating
• Steering trhough the rapids - {eter Banthorpe discusses pricing challenges for actuaries and underwriters
• The forum - Five leading practitioners debate the underwirtten annutiy market