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Case Study 3: Economic Capital for SPIAs<br />

Single Premium Immediate Annuities (SPIAs) contain<br />

an element of mortality risk<br />

Payments made for the lifetime of the annuitant<br />

“True” value of $1 annuity is a T , where T is the<br />

future lifetime of the annuitant<br />

Profits decline if T > E(T)<br />

From a risk management and capital management<br />

perspective, how much capital should be set aside to<br />

cover mortality volatility risk?<br />

Current best practice indicates that this is a useful<br />

application of stochastic modeling<br />

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