Health care

Enhancing reinsurance is an essential part of optimising life and health insurance companies’ financial position, says Greg Solomon

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has expressed disappointment with the UK government's plans to exclude means-tested council support payments from a new £86,000 cap on social care costs.

Mortality rates in England and Wales have been above 2019 levels for the fourth successive month, analysis by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has found.

The insurance industry needs to update its understanding of diabetes, say Nicola Oliver and Scott Reid

A new study commissioned by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has found that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could boost life expectancy among healthy women.

Poor health, education, and various other socio-economic disadvantages are conspiring to prevent life expectancy from growing in clusters of areas across England, analysis has found.

There has been a significant increase in the number of COVID-19-related deaths registered in the UK over the third quarter of this year, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.

Richard Purcell and Anna Spender present a selection of experts’ opinions on how climate change could affect health, care and protection, drawn from a recent IFoA Health and Care webinar

Niall Fennelly sets out key lessons around electronic health records for insurance, and explores what the future could hold

David Lu and Wendy Wang investigate the increasing global incidence of lung cancer among women who have never smoked