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A group of Life actuaries, working as part of the IFoA Covid-19 Action Taskforce (ICAT) are releasing a series of blogs considering various ways that the pandemic has affected Life insurers. The fourth blog in this series looks at considerations for setting persistency-related assumptions.

This blog has been authored by group of Life actuaries led by IFoA Fellow Rosalind Rossouw*. This group has a focus on Capital Management and is working as part of the IFoA Covid-19 Action Taskforce.

A group of Life actuaries have released a series of blogs considering various ways that the pandemic has affected Life insurers. The third blog explores the pandemic’s impact on future new business sales and considerations in underwriting pricing and life insurance product demand.

A group of Life actuaries have released a series of blogs considering various ways that the pandemic has affected Life insurers. In the second blog, the authors explain how Covid-19 has created uncertainty and what it is important to think about when setting valuation assumptions for bonus rates.

A group of Life actuaries have released a series of blogs considering various ways that the pandemic has affected Life insurers. The first blog considers potential differences in the extent of Covid-19 that may or may not have an impact on the assumption-setting processes in a particular company and its businesses in different countries.

Laura Llewellyn-Jones, of the IFoA’s COVID-19 Action Taskforce (ICAT) Social Security group, looks at the challenges of workers in vulnerable or informal employment and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.

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In this blog post, Mike discusses how the financial risks of climate change are a constant feature in both his actuarial and public interest work.      

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In this blog, Shubhanjali Gupta, fellow actuary, talks about her journey into the profession and some of the challenges she’s faced.

IFoA member David Ford, introduces the new practical guide to help actuaries working in Life Insurance consider the impact of climate change.

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