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Fail to prepare

Ally Yates explains how to use the right strategy for the right situation when negotiating and influencing

Insurance in Elizabethan England – The London Code Cambridge Studies in English Legal History

Shaun Lazzari and Oliver Bentley look at managing sources of inaccuracy in Least Squares Monte Carlo proxy model fitting

Are there really differences in life expectancy between Scotland and the rest of the UK? If so, how should actuaries take account of these? Phil Caine and Susan Hanlon discuss

Traditional asset-liability modelling for defined benefit pension schemes ignores covenant risk. Integrating this risk may suggest that a higher allocation to return-seeking assets makes sense, say Robert Waugh, Nic Barnes and Robert Chestnutt

Jon Palin, on behalf of the CMI Mortality Projections Committee, reviews the growing evidence for a slowing down of mortality improvements in the UK, noting the trend for pension scheme members is less clear

Dr John Schoonbee talks to Gemma Gregson and Richard Purcell about reinventing dietary guidelines, e-cigarettes and advances in diagnostic techniques