Longevity 20 Programme

Longevity 20 Conference Programme

Plenary Sessions/Presentations

Monday 8th September 2025

Chair of morning  session:  David Blake
Chair of afternoon session: TBC

TimeTopic
08:00 - 08:45

Registration and  Refreshments

08:45 - 09:00

Opening Remarks

David Blake (Bayes Business School and Pensions Institute)

09:00 - 11:00

Plenary Session 1 – Hot Topics in Longevity I

- Longevity horizons: Emerging life expectancy trends and disparities in the Asia-Pacific

Tim Adair (Melbourne)

- Strategic responses of the Asian insurance industry to the Longevity Era

Tiger Li (CEO & Executive Director, BeeTech and Head of Business Development Asia, SCOR Digital Solutions)

- Medically underwritten annuities and how alternative product design can lead to better outcomes for the insurer and consumer

Han Yan (Senior Actuary, Longevity Research, SCOR) and Mark Flint (Head of Product Development, Global Longevity, SCOR)

- Advancements in Longevity Risk Management: An Overview of the SHIE Longevity Risk Laboratory

Lin Lou (Director of Government-Enterprise Cooperation Division, Strategy And Research Department, China Re Life)

11:00 - 11:30

Plenary Session 2 – Global derisking and reinsurance trends: US, Europe and Asia

- Global derisking and reinsurance trends: US, Europe and Asia

Rohit Mathur (Prudential Financial)

- Longevity in Asia: Mortality improvements and longevity risk transfer opportunities in Asia

Patrick Cheung (RGA)

- Estimating insurer capital relief from using index longevity hedges

Paul Kitson (EY)

18:00

Drinks Reception and Gala Dinner

Longevity 20 Conference Programme

Plenary Sessions/Presentations

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Chair of morning  session:  David Blake
Chair of afternoon session: TBC

TimeTopic
08:00 - 08:45

Registration and Refreshments

08:45 - 09:00

Opening Remarks

David Blake (Bayes Business School and Pensions Institute)

09:00 - 11:00

Plenary Session 3 – Longevity issues in Asia

- Mortality improvements and post-pandemic mortality in a selection of Asian populations

Mark Woods (Head of Research & Development, Canada Life Re)

- The applications of address-based mortality models to emerging markets

Douglas Anderson (Club Vita)

- Navigating longevity risk in Asia (overview of some relevant Asian markets, their markets, problems, challenges and opportunities)

Cord-Roland Rinke (Hannover Re)

11:00 - 11:30

Plenary Session 4 – Hot Topics in Longevity II

- Findings from the GAIP Retirement Protection Gap Project (focusing on longevity, long-term care, healthcare, pension systems, public health insurance, and private markets)

Shinichi Kamiya and Joey Zhou (NTU, Singapore)

- Benjamin Gompertz: the Financial Economist

Moshe Milevsky(York University, Canada)

- Biohacking meets luxury: The science and business of longevity in wellness resorts and clinics

Guy Coughlan (COO, Clota Varde)

18:00

Drinks Reception and Gala Dinner