I'm here for myself
Explore what longevity could mean for your goals, relationships, financial security and later-life choices.
Welcome to Life100+
Explore how longevity is reshaping how we plan for the future
Making more of longer lives
Longevity is changing how we think about our futures.
A longer life brings more time and opportunity, but it also raises new questions about our priorities, our financial security, and how we prepare for the years ahead.
Life100+ aims to help us understand how longevity is reshaping the decisions we make. Looking beyond retirement, we explore the relationships, responsibilities and the financial choices that matter at every stage of life.
Rethinking legacy
Hear about the thinking behind Life100+ and how our latest research explores the financial connections between generations.
Hear from Rose St Louis, Chief Customer Officer at Canada Life UK
Read our latest Life100+ report, Rethinking legacy.
Download our latest report or Learn more about our insights for customers
Explore Life100+ your way
For advisers
Use practical insights to support richer conversations about clients’ goals, families and changing financial needs.
For employers
Understand how changing priorities may affect multigenerational workforces, employee benefits and workplace support.
How Life100+ has developed
Life100+ has considered how people can prepare for longer lives, how workplaces can respond to changing careers and employee needs, and how timing, family and purpose are reshaping legacy.
Each phase brings a different perspective to one central question – how can we make more of longer lives?
Exploring longevity to build financially secure futures
Discover how goals, close relationships, meaningful conversations and financial advice may help people feel more prepared and in control.
Building longevity-ready workplaces in the UK
Find out how evolving career paths, changing employee priorities and multigenerational teams are affecting the workplace.
Discover the Curve of Life
Learn more about how life satisfaction can change over time, the factors that may influence it, and the role that greater control can play throughout life.
Learn more about the Curve of Life
More resources for Life100+
Canada Life UK is a Corporate Partner of the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC), the UK’s leading authority on the impact of longevity on society.
Life100+ news and insights
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Britons expect to inherit at 52, but fewer than half believe they will receive wealth when it would benefit most
Average age people expect to inherit is 52, yet many say it would have made the greatest impact much earlier.
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Inheritance tax - The ‘unfairest’ of them all…
New research from Canada Life reveals that inheritance tax (IHT) tops the rankings amongst Brits as the UK’s most unfair tax.
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42% of Brits plan for multiple careers as Gen Z job-hopping rivals over-65s
As life expectancy continues to rise, the traditional structure of “learn, work, retire” is becoming outdated. Read more about the consequences of increasing longevity for the UK’s workplaces and the implications it may have for career paths.
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One in five Brits delaying major life plans until they receive inheritance
More than one in five (22%) UK adults who have received or expect to receive an inheritance are delaying or plan to delay a major life event until they receive an inheritance, according to Canada Life’s latest research. This increases to 27% of those aged 18-34.
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Break the inheritance taboo: 5.1 million who received an inheritance did not discuss beforehand
Discussing money during life is uncomfortable for many but inheritance it seems is an even greater taboo. New research from Canada Life finds that the majority of UK adults (56%) who received an inheritance sum over the past five years did not discuss its value with the benefactor beforehand.
Why do we work with financial advisers?
Good financial planning and sound advice are critical to your current and future well-being. A professional adviser can help you weigh your options and understand the pros and cons of individual financial products. We recommend getting advice for all key financial decisions.