General Features

Mohammad Khan, Francisco Sebastian and Andrew Corner share the Ogden Discount Rate Working Party’s findings on a potential new rate, and whether the insurance sector is prepared for one

Servaas Houben and Ronald Ketellapper explore the challenges of financial supervision in small countries, looking in particular at Curaçao

The COP26 climate summit achieved more than some expected, but less than was required. Chris Seekings reports on the challenges and opportunities for the actuarial profession

Game theory is no basis for decision-making when it comes to normative issues such as vaccination, says Ronald Meester

Laurent Dupont shares the lessons of a recent TechSprint concerning the explainability of ‘black box’ models

Richard Hartigan discusses the possibility of an insurance policy without exclusions

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

Stephen Richards demonstrates how to model the impact of COVID-19 on portfolio mortality experience

Artificial intelligence-related risk differs from traditional model risk, explain Andrew Morgan, Valerie du Preez and Natasha Naidoo –how can we get to grips with it?

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