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

A side-splitting success

Normally, August means a mass exodus out of the office and to a beach, city break or walking holiday.

August puzzles and solutions

Mainak Ghosh on taking a logical approach to digital advertising

Julian Kirkman-Page reflects on how risk managers can offer value to their businesses in a volatile era

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

Julian Maynard-Smith on how to design a Microsoft Word template that works for you

John Carstensen discusses the role of nature-based solutions in tackling climate change

Former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King talks to Dan Georgescu about over-reliance on black box models, and the impossibility of quantifying all risks