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Deaths in England and Wales fall below 2019 levels for sixth successive week

There have been fewer deaths in England and Wales than would normally be expected for the sixth week in a row, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.
August 2020
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COVID-19 highlights need for financial resilience among savers

The majority of UK adults believe that having easy access to savings is just as important as having funds to fall back on in the first place, following the COVID-19 outbreak.
August 2020
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August: People & Society News

A side-splitting success
August 2020

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Interview with Lord Mervyn King: thinking beyond the box

Former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King talks to Dan Georgescu about over-reliance on black box models, and the impossibility of quantifying all risks
August 2020
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Lonely hearts: the effect of spousal death on mortality

Kira Henshaw, Corina Constantinescu and Olivier Menoukeu Pamen investigate the effects of spousal death on the surviving partner’s mortality – and how their model could be applied to disease outbreaks in closed communities such as care homes
August 2020
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Smoke signals: The risk profile of e-cigarette users

Niel Daniels shares the E-cigarettes Working Party’s work on the risk profile of e-cigarette users, and how the insurance industry could respond
August 2020
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Model behaviour in the banking sector

Alan Forrest shares the importance of model risk management in the banking sector
July 2020
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Action on insurtech

Ed Plowman examines insurtech’s development, and where it could go from here
July 2020
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New lessons in learning

Moving between industry and academia can provide great personal insight, as the first part in our series shows
July 2020

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General Insurance

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Risk: a clean sheet

Julian Kirkman-Page reflects on how risk managers can offer value to their businesses in a volatile era
5th August 2020
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Inflated worth: The implications of planned RPI reforms

Jonathan Camfield looks at the planned RPI reforms’ potential implications for bond markets, pension schemes and actuarial work
5th August 2020
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Data science and global development

Tim Harris and Jacob Wilcock describe how data science is helping the UK’s Department for International Development tackle global development challenges
5th August 2020
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Protecting generation rent

Siobhan Lough and Richard Purcell look at the needs of renters, and how the insurance industry can serve them better
5th August 2020
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Pensions

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COVID-19 highlights need for financial resilience among savers

The majority of UK adults believe that having easy access to savings is just as important as having funds to fall back on in the first place, following the COVID-19 outbreak.
5th August 2020
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World's first 'Net Zero Investment Framework' launched

A coalition of institutional investors with more than $16trn (£12trn) in assets under management has today launched the first-ever practical blueprint to help investors deliver net-zero emissions globally by 2050.
5th August 2020
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FTSE 350 pension deficit rises by £13bn in one month

The combined accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes at the UK's 350 largest listed companies has increased by £13bn in one month, new data from Mercer shows.
4th August 2020
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Fifth of over-50s' retirement plans hit by COVID-19

Almost a fifth of UK adults aged 50 and over believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted their retirement plans, or may do, a new study by Co-op Insurance has uncovered.
24th July 2020
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Regulation Standards

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Joining the dots between operational and non-operational risk

Patrick Kelliher covers issues in modelling dependencies between operational and non-operational risks
8th July 2020
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IFRS 17 amendments published

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published amendments to IFRS 17 to help companies implement the standard and more easily explain their financial performance.
29th June 2020
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Supervision reforms in the frame

Pau Ling Yap and Paolo Cadoni on the recently agreed reforms that aim to improve supervision of internationally active insurance groups
4th June 2020
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Sustainable investment's new frontiers

Gareth Sutcliffe and Holger Schalk look at the impact of ESG regulation, and different approaches to implementation
7th May 2020
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Data Science

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Data science and global development

Tim Harris and Jacob Wilcock describe how data science is helping the UK’s Department for International Development tackle global development challenges
5th August 2020
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Pieces of the technology puzzle

Małgorzata Śmietanka and Philip Treleaven explain the technologies making up the data-driven insurance picture
8th July 2020
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Crystal clear: AI and transparency

The last few years have seen a number of calls for 'transparency' around the workings of the latest artificial intelligence systems.
4th March 2020
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New frontiers of technology

Alizabeth Calder examines the challenges facing actuaries in an increasingly tech and data-based world
3rd October 2019
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