Preparing for the Low Interest Rate Scenario

A wise actuary told me that we spend much more time on risks that we understand than on risks we’re not comfortable with. For example, actuaries spend hours calculating mortality and lapse rates, but we typically treat interest rates as a “standard assumption.” After all, interest rates are environmental factors outside of our control and difficult to predict.

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