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Mortality and morbidity: tell us your viewsLast year, Council identified the growing importance of longevity risk to many financial entities and the increased number of providers of demographic experience analysis. In May 2012, a working group was set up to make recommendations on how the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries should respond to the challenges and opportunities in this area. 01 December 2012
Actuarial Teachers' and Researchers' event boosts link between industry and academiaThe University of Leicester recently hosted this year's Actuarial Teachers' and Researchers' Conference. The conference was characterised by a broad range of topics and lively audience participation 01 December 2012
Raising awareness of conflicts of interestThe Institute and Faculty of Actuaries has recently published new guidance on conflicts of interest1 for all members and included new provisions on the subject in the Actuarial Profession Standards for life and pensions2. 01 December 2012
Longevity update: longer lived, but do we have quality and quantity of life?Issue four of the Longevity Bulletin is now available for members to download 01 December 2012
2012 Finlaison Medal winnerOn the evening of 22 October, David Hare, presented Professor Mary Hardy with the Finlaison Medal at a sessional research meeting at London's Staple Inn Hall. 01 December 2012
Delegates get a taste for Brussels Life ConferencePaul Shelley, policy manager for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries reports from the 2012 Life Conference in Brussels 01 December 2012
Director of David Hume Institute addresses sell-out Autumn LecturePaul Shelley, policy manager for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries reports from the 2012 Life Conference in Brussels 01 December 2012
Employer covenant research open for discussionOn 28 January, research work commissioned by the profession and undertaken by Barrie & Hibbert and PwC on the employer covenant will be presented to members. The research was commissioned to look at alternative ways of valuing the employer covenant in pension scheme work. 01 December 2012
Over-50s 'underestimate longevity and overestimate pension income'People nearing retirement are under-estimating how long they will live and are either overly optimistic or have no idea how much the retirement income will be, according to research published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies today. 30 November 2012
Social news round-up - December 2012From pensions to fizz/ All joking aside/ Nice Tri Calvin / Joint charity campaign reminder/ Students take the taste test/ Announcements: Obituaries & Births 30 November 2012

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FEATURE

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