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ARTICLE · 06 SEPTEMBER 2020

8th Edition Of The Ogden Tables Published

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The Ogden Working Party oversees the preparation of the Ogden Tables which are used to calculate lump sum compensation due in personal injury and fatal accident cases.

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Jodie McAuley
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The long-awaited 8th edition of the Ogden Tables has now been published by the Government's Actuary Department ("GAD"), nine years after the 7th edition in 2011 (although supplementary tables were published following the Discount Rate changes on 20 March 2017).

The Ogden Working Party oversees the preparation of the Ogden Tables which are used to calculate lump sum compensation due in personal injury and fatal accident cases. The multipliers derived by the tables take account of mortality and other risks, and are calculated by reference to the discount rate.

The tables have been revised in the 8th edition to use updated mortality assumptions; the multipliers in this edition are based on mortality rates from 2018-based projections, whereas the 7th edition was based on 2008-based projections. This has resulted in a reduction in the lifetime multipliers for men and more so women. The biggest impact on life expectancy between the 7th and 8th editions is for older

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