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  • UK mortality improvement slowdown likely to persist

    01 March 2018

    The CMI's latest projection model suggests slowing rate is a trend, not a one-off event, as Cintia Cheong reports

  • Watch out, supercentenarians are coming

    16 November 2017

    Number of people living past 110 will soar in coming years, says longevity expert

  • Are the numbers up for operational risk modelling?

    24 November 2015

    The internal model application process and developments in the banking world have posed more questions about the merits of modelling operational risk under Solvency II. Asa Gibson reports

  • Insurers' models introduce poorly understood risks

    26 February 2014

    Models have become indispensable to managing a modern re/insurer, but their use is creating new risks that are not well understood. Christopher Cundy speaks to the insurer and the academic who are leading a major project to study the systemic risks in modelling