Life insurance

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

Elena Djarlijeva and Lucy Hoppe report on the rise of the ‘quantified self’ – and how wearable devices could impact the world of insurance

Emmet Thornburgh and Shane Prendergast explore the mortality experience of Irish insured lives, on behalf of the Demography Committee of the Society of Actuaries of Ireland

With-profits funds are in terminal decline, and many are closed to new business. But these funds will need careful management over their remaining lifespans, says Tim Sheldon

Advanced pricing techniques are commonly used in motor insurance. Alastair Black and Alan Clarkson explore how they are starting to be used in the life industry

The average amount a life assurance policy guarantees to pay up for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people (LGBT) now stands at £176,695, according to a survey by insurer Compass.

Prudential will no longer sell conventional annuities through intermediaries due to “market changes”, it announced on Friday.

A group of panelists in a discussion has predicted a secondary annuity market will have potentially more sellers than buyers when it is being rolled out in April next year.