Covid-19
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Covid-19: Leading experts reflect on how data was used in the pandemic
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.
The contrasting impact of COVID-19 on UK term assurance experience
The CMI Assurances Committee reports regularly on the claims experience of policyholders with term assurances issued by UK life insurers. Our most recent analysis – covering the years up to 2019 – has recently been issued to CMI Subscribers alongside Working Paper 152.
That paper also contains indicative analysis of experience in the first six months of 2020 – a period when the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic caused abnormally high mortality for the general population of the UK.
Actuarial perspective: How the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded
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 Demographic Assumptions and Methodology at Lloyds Banking Group, retells that story, explaining how the thirst for analysis saw his work being picked up by some of Britain’s most well-known journalists.
Covid-19 and the impact on UK Income Protection business
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.
Covid-19: Changes in social inflation
A group of general insurance actuaries working as part of the IFoA Covid-19 Action Task Force have been studying the impact of Covid-19. This blog discusses the changes in social inflation caused by pandemic.
The road ahead to motor insurance reserving
Harshitta Malakar, from the IFoA’s Covid-19 ICAT General Insurance Claims Inflation group, looks at the impact of the pandemic on the frequency and severity of motor claims and the issues which reserving actuaries should consider.
What’s COVID-19 done to term assurance experience?
The CMI Assurances Committee reports regularly on the claims experience of policyholders with term assurances issued by UK life insurers. Our most recent analysis, released in Working Paper 162, considers the experience in 2020 and the initial impact of COVID-19.
How have annuitants fared in the pandemic?
Jamie Funnell (of Pension Insurance Corporation), Chair of the CMI Annuities Committee, sets out the key findings of our analysis of the mortality experience of pension annuities in payment through 2020 and the first half of 2021.
Impact of Covid-19 on health insurance in India
A group of GI actuaries, part of the IFoA's Covid-19 Action Task Force, have been trying to identify changes in exposures and claims experience and their potential impact on reserving. This blog looks at the impact on the health insurance market in India.
Impact of Covid-19 on Marine and Aviation Insurance
As part of the IFoA's Covid-19 Action Task Force, a group of General Insurance actuaries have been studying the impact of Covid-19 and pandemic-induced lockdowns on GI claims inflation and development. This blog discusses the changes in exposure and claims experience in Marine and Aviation insurance.