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The Risk of Living Longer: What if new senolytic drugs fulfil their potential?

People have a natural tendency to underestimate life expectancy and actuaries traditionally base future projections on extrapolations of observed historical experience; this can result in institutional blind spots to extreme future longevity events. But what would happen if one of these overlooked scenarios occurred?

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Mega Trends

Our team explore their big predictions for future developments in longevity, longevity risk and longevity risk management

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Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Club Vita's Mega Trends

We invited the multi-talented Club Vita team to have a stab at some longevity futurology.

22 March 2022

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 12: Can nutritional awareness save us from the rise of fast food?

In her newest blog, Jacklyn Hopkins predicts that nutrition and diet will be recognised and embraced as one of the major drivers of future health and longevity.

7 December 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 11+: COVID-19 is seen as a landmark moment in the evolution of life expectancy…and in the future, we end up living longer lives.

In his latest blog, James Maloney explores how the pandemic has been a watershed moment leading to an increase in life expectancy.

6 October 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 11-: COVID-19 is seen as a landmark moment in the evolution of life expectancy…and in the future, we end up living shorter lives.

Daniel Reddy explores how the pandemic has impacted life expectancy by focusing on a decrease in life spans from both a short and long-term perspective.

6 October 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 10: The democratisation of longevity

In our tenth mega trend blog, Shantel explores the concept of “democratisation of longevity” and how we can make longevity or “long life” accessible to everyone.

22 September 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 9: 30 really is the new 20

In our ninth mega trend blog, Nikiya examines the concepts of biological vs chronological age and how measuring age differently could impact mortality assumptions for pension funds or insurers.

16 September 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 8: Big data grows up – from open banking, to open insurance, to open health

In our eight mega trend blog, our Canadian colleague Saeed Ahmadi explores big data - from open banking, to open insurance to open health.

30 August 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 7: wearable tech drives life expectancy increases

In our seventh mega trend blog, Conor O’Reilly explores how advances in wearable technology could lead to further increases in life expectancy in the future.

3 August 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 6: healthy life expectancy will increase at a quicker pace than life expectancy

In our sixth mega trend blog, France Panneton discusses whether the quality over quantity argument will influence the push to increase healthy life expectancy more rapidly than total lifespan.

9 July 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 5: Longevity risk will (is already) moving back to institutions from individuals

In our fifth mega trend blog, Jennifer Haid discusses longevity risks moving back to institutions from individuals.

29 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 4: pension funds and insurers include longevity impact in climate risk management

In our fourth mega trend blog, Mark Sharkey discusses pension funds and insurers including longevity impact in climate risk management.

22 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 3: Pension schemes start treating longevity as a risk to manage rather than an assumption to get ‘right’

Read our third mega trend blog where Erik Pickett discusses the relationship between pension schemes, longevity and risk.

11 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trends 2: Longevity becomes a tradeable commodity

Read our second mega trend blog where Nick Chadwick discusses longevity becoming a tradeable commodity.

1 June 2021

Opinion & experiences | Mega Trends

Mega Trend 1: UK longevity inequality will grow

Read our first mega trend blog where Douglas Anderson discusses UK longevity inequality.

24 May 2021