Every three years, the Railroad Retirement Board’s Chief Actuary conducts a study of the longevity of the agency’s annuitants as part of a valuation of future revenues and annuity payments. These studies consider male and female age and service annuitants, as well as disability, spouse, and widow annuitants. The following questions and answers summarize the results of the most recent longevity study and address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality rates.
1. What were the study's findings on the life expectancy of retired male railroaders?