New webcast by Gen Re on Mortality

Future Impacts on Mortality
by Eva Odenkirchen, Life/Health Pricing Actuary

Does a longer life automatically mean a healthier life? And what really influences whether we live longer or not? Factors range from advancements in medical science and healthcare systems to the complex interplay of demographic shifts and socioeconomic disparities – and from the challenges posed by environmental changes to the choices we make in our everyday lives. Multiple elements play a role in shaping a person’s life expectancy.

In this video we explain what affects human mortality, and which impacts are expected in the future. Learn more about how human mortality and life expectancy have developed over the last decades. Watch now