Health care

Colin Redman takes a look at the UK government’s plan to fix social care, and the role actuaries can play in helping to solve the issue

Applying machine learning techniques to electronic health records could revolutionise healthcare and insurance, say Atreyee Bhattacharyya and Kanishka Jindal

Evan Tanotogono discusses how a digital approach to product development could help drive up penetration in low-coverage markets such as Indonesia

UK mortality has been above 2019 levels for 22 consecutive weeks, which is the longest continuous period of 'excess' deaths recorded in the country since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has today published its latest Longevity Bulletin, which considers solutions to the UK's social care crisis.

Amiad Ben-Meir and David Zaray-Mizrahi set out the successes and failures of long-term care insurance in Israel, and the lessons learnt by the country’s insurance sector along the way

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