Supplement to British Actuarial Journal Volume 15 (Joining Forces Conference)
A multi-disciplinary conference, Joining forces on mortality and longevity, was held at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, from 21-22 October 2009. The objective of the conference was to advance research and awareness of research into mortality, engaging with various disciplines in order to fill gaps in existing research and to scope out areas where further research will add value.
The conference followed on from the work of the Mortality Research Steering Group in developing a new model for working with others to better understand the state of knowledge in mortality and longevity, and directing the development of future research to provide a more robust foundation for advice to life offices, pension schemes and governments.
The conference brought together leading academics, researchers and practitioners in actuarial and medical science to consider, debate and share knowledge and has created a solid platform for research in this area. The conference reinforced the view that actuaries must link up with and understand the work of others as an input to their work and, crucially, to influence the direction of future research.
The following papers from authors that presented to the conference have been published in a supplement to British Actuarial Journal Volume 15:
Editorial: Live long and prosper by S Whelan
A review of lifetime risk factors for mortality by D Kuh, R Hardy, M Hotopf, D A Lawlor, B Maughan, R Westendorp, R Cooper, S Black and G D Mishra
Cohort differences in mortality and morbidity by C Jagger, K Christensen and M Murphy
Forecasting UK population mortality allowing for age, period and cohort effects by D O Forfar
Do cohort mortality trends emigrate? Insights on the UK's golden cohort from a comparison with a British settler country by A O'Connell and K Dunstan
Influenza recycling and secular trends in mortality and natality by M I Reinert Azambuja
The 'golden generations' in historical context by M Murphy
Forecasting mortality, different approaches for different causes of deaths? The cases of lung cancer; influenza, pneumonia, and bronchitis; and motor vehicle accidents by M Di Cesare and M Murphy
A new model of ageing and mortality by E M G Milne
Prospective longevity risk analysis by G Woo, C J Martin, C Hornsby and A W Coburn
Longevity: A 'simple' stochastic modelling of mortality by B Browne, J Duchassaing and F Suter
Selected issues in modelling mortality by cause and in small populations by S J Richards.