L20: The Twentieth International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference
Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th September 2025
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
10 Bayfront Ave,
Singapore 018956
Hosts:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and
Pensions Institute (City St Georges, University of London).
The ageing population and increases in longevity have drawn attention to the management of longevity risk in pension funds, life insurers and health insurers. Governments face the challenge of financing an ageing population with longer life spans and providing an environment conducive to private market solutions. Reinsurers and financial market innovations such as securitization are critical components in the management of longevity risk. Leading international industry and academic representatives as well as policy makers will meet and discuss not only the assessment of longevity risk, but also the market and government developments and responses needed by pension funds and insurance companies to manage this risk. Key themes of Longevity 20 will include mortality trends and forecasts, health issues, longevity risk and longevity hedging solutions, and the sustainability of pension systems.
Keynote speakers include:
- Rohit Mathur (Prudential Financial)
- Patrick Cheung (RGA)
- Paul Kitson (EY)
- Tiger Li (CEO & Executive Director, BeeTech and Head of Business Development Asia, SCOR Digital Solutions)
- Han Yan (Senior Actuary, Longevity Research, SCOR) and Mark Flint (Head of Product Development, Global Longevity, SCOR)
- China Longevity Risk Management Research Center speaker
- Mark Woods (Head of Research & Development, Canada Life Re)
- Douglas Anderson (Club Vita)
- Cord-Roland Rinke (Hannover Re)
- Shinichi Kamiya and Joey Zhou (NTU, Singapore)
- Tim Adair (Melbourne).
Call for Papers
Submission Instructions
Academics and practitioners are invited to submit papers in all areas relating to longevity risk and capital markets solutions. Submitted papers will then go through a standard refereeing process for inclusion in the conference.
The deadline for paper or abstract submission is 30 April 2025 and decisions will be communicated to authors in June 2025 when the formal programme for the conference will be announced. Jointly authored papers should be submitted by the person who will present the paper if it is accepted.
Scientific Committee
Submitted papers will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee:
- David Blake (Bayes Business School and Pensions Institute)
- Andrew Cairns (Heriot Watt University)
- Wenjun Zhu (Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
The Journal of Risk and Insurance will publish a Special Issue of selected papers presented at the conference. All papers will be subject to the journal review process. The guest editors for this issue will be:
- David Blake (Bayes Business School and Pensions Institute)
- Andrew Cairns (Heriot Watt University)
- Wenjun Zhu (Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Please email your paper or abstract to Marilyn.Parris-Bell.1@city.ac.uk by 30 April 2025.