Health care

UK insurers have paid £90m to the families of people who have died due to COVID-19, according to new figures, which is equivalent to £980,000 every day.

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.

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

Peter Joshi asks: what are the actuarial implications of the Human Genome Project?

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

The severe impact of COVID-19 on Thailand's economy will see the country's non-life insurance market contract by 5.6% this year, forecasts by GlobalData suggest.

A new study in the Netherlands has provided further evidence that exposure to higher levels of air pollution increases the risk of death from COVID-19.

There have been fewer deaths in England and Wales than would normally be expected this year for the fourth week in a row, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.

There has been a surge in the number of people using wearable technology in recent months as they turn to the devices for digital contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The weekly death toll in England and Wales has fallen below 2019 levels for the first time since late March, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.