Life insurance

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.

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

Insurance premiums will continue to grow in emerging economies like China this year, research by Swiss Re suggests, although advanced markets will suffer sharp contractions.

The coronavirus crisis will hit insurance premium growth three times harder than the 2008 financial crash did, forecasts by Allianz suggest.

Pau Ling Yap and Paolo Cadoni on the recently agreed reforms that aim to improve supervision of internationally active insurance groups

Elena Kulinskaya, Ilyas Bakbergenuly and Lisanne Gitsels revisit longevity modelling

Alistair Chamberlain, examines the impact that COVID-19 is having on business, the actuarial profession and the way we work

Pamela Hellig considers how actuaries can learn from the principles of bioethics in carrying out their fiduciary duties