Archive

• Record low death rates in 2024 reported by UK's CMI

  16 January 2025

  But mortality for younger adults is still above the ten-year average

• LCP raises questions on Dutch mortality projection model

  02 October 2024

  Methodology has significant impact on pension liabilities and risk transfer pricing

• Viral load: how actuaries used democratised data to beat Covid-19

  13 July 2023

  The flood of public data on Covid-19 became a silver lining for actuaries amid the dark clouds of the pandemic, as David Walker reports

• IFoA awards Stuart McDonald with prestigious Finlaison Medal

  28 June 2023

  It recognises his role in the actuarial profession's response to the Covid-19 pandemic

• Updated UK mortality projections model may cut months from life expectancy

  03 February 2023

  CMI set to incorporate some 2022 data in this year's model update

• LCP recruits longevity expert Stuart McDonald

  30 June 2022

  He helped to found the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group

• Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group's co-founder receives MBE

  04 January 2022

  Stuart McDonald, Nigel Wilson and Johnny Timpson were recognised in the UK's New Year honours

• The actuaries who changed the conversation on Covid

  04 March 2021

  The Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group won the Judges' award for contribution to the industry in the InsuranceERM 2021 UK & Europe awards. Christopher Cundy speaks to the protagonists about their collaborative project and the impact it's had on society

• 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

• Actuaries assemble to form Covid-19 response group

  23 March 2020

  British group plans to publish its first bulletin this week