Press release for 6th January 2009 Longevitas Ltd is pleased to announce that Mercer has taken a licence for the Projections Toolkit . Stephen Richards of Longevitas said “Stochastic methods are increasingly demanded by regulators to show awareness of the uncertainty around long-term projections of longevity. The Projections Toolkit makes ... Read more

Date: Jan 03, 2010 Longevitas Ltd is pleased to announce the production release of v1.1 of the Projections Toolkit .  This version introduces the ability to include an over-dispersion parameter when fitting 2D P-spline models , a feature which allows for additional variance in larger datasets.  It is also potentially ... Read more

Date: Jan 03, 2010 Longevitas Ltd is pleased to announce the production release of v2.5.3 of its risk-modelling software Since the 2.5 base release the software incorporates additional functionality, including: A cyclic seasonal option for CalendarPeriod, and CalendarPeriod analysis down to the monthly level The ability to add optimisation user-definition ... Read more

Date: Oct 11, 2009 Longevitas Ltd is pleased to announce the production release of v2.5 of its risk-modelling software This version is immediately available to all existing clients, and incorporates new functionality: New survival model laws: Inverse Gaussian, Log-logistic and Pareto. A parameter explorer providing specific commentary and analysis of ... Read more

Date: Sep 28, 2009 Longevitas Ltd will be hosting a seminar on stochastic projections of mortality on the 28th of September 2009 in Moorgate, London. This event is by invitation only. If you wish to attend, please contact us . This seminar will cover some key features of stochastic projection ... Read more

Date: Sep 16, 2009 Longevitas Ltd will be hosting a seminar on stochastic projections of mortality on the 16th of September 2009 at The Merchants' Hall, 22 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EP. This event is by invitation only. If you wish to attend, please contact us . This seminar will ... Read more

Date: Sep 14, 2009 Longevitas Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of its third software service, the Projections Toolkit .  Insurers and pension schemes are under increasing pressure to understand the uncertainty over future mortality improvements.  An important tool for this is a stochastic projection model, which can be ... Read more

Date: Jun 08, 2009 Longevitas is pleased to congratulate Miss Claire Yule, winner of the 2009 Longevitas prize for survival models at Heriot-Watt University .  Claire follows Yen Yeoh, who won the 2008 prize in its inaugural year . Helena Buckmayer, director of Longevitas Ltd, said " Survival models are ... Read more