Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Study reinterprets Gompertz mortality parameters, showing lifespan extensions reflect expanded decrepitude rather than slowed biological ageing in C. elegans.

Study on how personal discount rates and time preferences correlate with financial resilience among older Americans during and after COVID-19, examining demographic disparities.

Framework for valuing guaranteed minimum income benefits in variable annuities using numéraire transformation; achieves 99% computational time reduction versus Monte Carlo simulation.

Spatial modification of the Lee-Carter mortality model using cluster detection methods improves forecasting accuracy by capturing age-time patterns that conventional approaches miss.

Semiparametric method for hazard rate estimation combining parametric efficiency with nonparametric flexibility through dynamic local likelihood smoothing

Ethical case for longevity science grounded in autonomy and self-ownership rather than consequences alone; addresses philosophical and societal objections to aging research.

Analysis of 41 countries shows how skewness and kurtosis of age-at-death distributions explain mortality compression trends and lifespan disparity patterns from 1751–2019.

Comparative analysis of growth curves and time series models for projecting adult obesity prevalence in China from 1975 to 2016, highlighting the Logistic model's superior accuracy.

Framework that borrows mortality patterns across similar population subgroups to improve accuracy of long-term mortality rate forecasts using hierarchical clustering methods.

Analysis of premature mortality and years of life lost from PM2.5, NO2, and ozone exposure in Israel from 2015-2023, compared to 41 European countries using updated WHO guidelines.

Cohort study utilizing All of Us data identifies health insurance type as the primary predictor of healthy aging among older adults using machine learning models.

LTCI in China increases parental financial support to adult children, with stronger effects in low-income households, reshaping family dynamics beyond health outcomes.

Study reveals how multiple age-related pathologies interact hierarchically to determine lifespan in C. elegans, showing bacterial infection and neoplasia mask or unmask each other's effects on.

Framework integrating preventive health spending and portfolio optimization to maximize lifetime utility, showing how health investments reduce mortality risk and interact with wealth decisions.

Colombian centenarian cohort baseline study characterizing health status and aging determinants to advance understanding of extreme longevity mechanisms.

Analysis of structural factors undermining public pension systems within welfare states, examining inflation, investment risks, and institutional barriers.

Learn how regime-switching models and correlated risks improve guaranteed annuity option valuation, providing insurers with accurate pricing and enhanced risk management frameworks.

Analysis of Nepal census data reveals accelerated population aging from 5.0% to 10.2% older adults, with marked provincial and gender disparities requiring differentiated policy approaches.

Introduces a two-parameter right-truncated [0,1] exponential-Rayleigh lifetime distribution; develops functional forms and properties, uses MLE for estimation, and compares fit via information.