Health care

A new scientific study has linked 15% of worldwide COVID-19 deaths with long-term exposure to air pollution, with the figure rising to as high as 27% in East Asia.

Mortality rates in England and Wales are currently similar to those recorded in 2019, despite a recent increase in COVID-19 deaths, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.

Employer-sponsored health care benefit costs are expected to increase by more than 8% around the globe next year, a survey of medical insurers by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has found.

Nicole Gray and Madeleine Reid examine two methods for estimating the life expectancy of those with multiple impairments

Matthew Edwards and Matt Fletcher report on behalf of the COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group on the data and model risks in trying to make sense of the pandemic

Governments cannot divorce social security from public health responses to coronavirus, says the COVID-19 Action Taskforce Social Security group

Colin Wilson provides three key lessons for risk-management post-COVID-19

The number of deaths in England and Wales between July and September of 2020 was lower than in any other quarter on record, despite year-to-date mortality being the highest seen since 2008.

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has launched a consultation on how its next model should incorporate mortality data for 2020 following the COVID-19 outbreak.

There were 700 more deaths in England and Wales during weeks 33 and 34 of this year than in the correspondng period for 2019, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.