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  • Actuaries cautiously optimistic about longevity outlook post-Covid

    29 September 2021

    Many in the scientific community expect Covid-19 to become an endemic virus

  • Covid-19 vaccinations move the needle on mortality forecasts

    21 January 2021

    With the UK's Covid-19 vaccination programme being rolled out, experts tell Cintia Cheong about its impact on mortality in 2021 and what insurers should consider when projecting mortality trends

  • Mortality reserving windfalls: a reversal of fortune?

    13 August 2019

    UK life insurers have enjoyed several years of unexpected profits thanks to the slowdown of mortality improvements, but recent statistics hint this trend may be about to reverse. Cintia Cheong reports

  • Caution urged over interpreting ONS figures on UK life expectancy

    27 September 2018

    Longevity experts explain how slowdown in life expectancy improvements will impact insurers

  • 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