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Long-term care: coming of ageLife expectancy has hit record levels, but public age-related spending is likely to have to follow suit. Emma McWilliam and Richard See Toh report 02 May 2013

Sir Mansel Aylward: vision for a healthier, happier nationProfessor Sir Mansel Aylward CB, chair of Public Health Wales, tells Sarah Bennett and Richard Purcell how self-esteem affects health and why happiness is a constant 02 May 2013
Health: consumer confusionRonnie Bowes reviews the findings of a report into consumer understanding of protection insurance. It seems that product knowledge is in short supply 02 May 2013
Claims inflation: a known unknownMarkus Gesmann, Raphael Rayees and Emily Clapham point the way towards a consistent framework for defining and measuring claims inflation 02 May 2013
Regulation: new dawnNick Ford and Rob Spiers examine what the recent introduction of the Prudential Regulation Authority means for insurers 02 May 2013
Health: terms of engagementBringing consumers on side with enticing, transparent products provides the key to boosting understanding of protection insurance. Richard Purcell and Blair Sievering report 02 May 2013
Fairground attraction can be almost perfectJessica Elkin battles dull crisps and dry sandwiches as she searches for aspiring actuaries, and possibly a free umbrella, at the careers fair 02 May 2013
Don't throw baby out with the bath waterMaria Dolores Martínez-Miranda and Miranda Thomas report on a recent talk on granular reserving given by Jens Perch Nielsen, where he advised against abandoning our existing pool of practical actuarial knowledge in favour of the technological Wild West 02 May 2013
Mortality & morbidity: the annuities challengeKevin Armstrong, chair of the Continuous Mortality Investigation's Life Office Mortality Committee, explains how the investigation is adapting to the challenges presented by the evolving annuity market and considers how it can best serve its users in this area 10 April 2013
Staple Inn sundial marks centenaryDespite bitterly cold temperatures, the sun emerged briefly on 28th February for the unveiling of the Staple Inn sundial, commissioned and presented by the Staple Inn Actuarial Society (SIAS) to Philip Scott, president of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, to celebrate 100 years since SIAS was established. 08 April 2013
Annuities: of wealth and healthGordon Woo looks at annuity pricing of human resilience 04 April 2013