Covid-19

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.

Duncan Heald (of Scor) and Landi du Toit (of PartnerRe), members of the CMI Income Protection Committee, summarise the results of a Covid-19 survey they recently conducted.

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) Self-administered Pension Schemes (SAPS) Committee has published its latest annual analysis of the mortality experience of pension scheme members. This covers the period 2013-2020, so is the first to include experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog briefly summarises key points from the analysis.

Hamish Wilson, Chair of the CMI Assurances Committee, outlines the intriguing findings of the Committee’s analysis of term assurance experience during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic quickly went from a potential risk to our health, to one of the most disruptive and dangerous events humankind has experienced for decades. Stuart McDonald, Head of ...

A variety of experts in Africa have reflected on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic at a recent IFoA webinar, blogs IFoA Fellow Chris Sutton. 

Eminent experts in statistics and data explain how they dealt with the unprecedented demand generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, discuss the validity of the 'follow the science' slogan, and reflect on the lessons learnt from a year of unprecedented change.

Martin Friel speaks to several actuaries about the dramatic impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on their work

Sheel Shah and Madhuri Kumar discuss redefining goals so that recovery from the pandemic is sustainable, resilient and equitable, and one that doesn’t ignore the planetary boundaries between humanity and the environment.

James Fisher, with inputs from within the COVID-19 workstream, discusses the potential drawbacks of using economic growth as the primary lens through which government policy decisions are made.