Cobus Daneel
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How exceptional has mortality been during the pandemic?
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has been publishing frequent updates on mortality in the general population during the pandemic. This blog looks back over 2020 and 2021 to put that period in historical context.
Survey shows widespread use of the latest CMI Model
This blog provides a high-level summary of the CMI’s latest survey on the use of the CMI Mortality Projections Model by insurers and reinsurers, focussing on how users are reacting to the pandemic.
Initial census results suggest lower life expectancies in the general population
This blog considers how initial results from the 2021 census in England & Wales might lead to lower estimates of recent and future mortality improvements and cohort life expectancies from the CMI Model than previously thought.
Unusually high mortality in recent months
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has been publishing frequent updates on mortality in the general population during the pandemic. This blog focuses on mortality in the general population in the first three quarters of 2022.
CMI_2021 shows modest fall in life expectancy
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) Mortality Projections Committee (MPC) published annual updates to the CMI Mortality Projection Model. This blog summarises the latest version, CMI_2021. There is more detail in the CMI_2021 FAQs (open access) and Working Paper 160 (restricted to CMI Subscribers).
Comparison of UK and US mortality projection models
In this blog, Cobus Daneel discusses a CMI project that investigated the benefits and downsides of adopting different approaches to modelling mortality projections.
Quarterly excess mortality continues to rise
Cobus Daneel, Chair of the CMI Mortality Projections Committee, reviews the CMI’s mortality analysis for the first quarter of 2023.
Comparison of UK and US mortality projection models
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) Mortality Projections Committee (MPC) worked on a joint project with the Society of Actuaries (SoA) to fit the UK and US mortality projection models to each other’s data. This blog provides and overview of the results published in CMI Working Paper 166.