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News
Barnett Waddingham continues as principal contractor to the CMI
Following a rigorous tender, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has reappointed Barnett Waddingham as its principal contractor, to provide its Secretariat…
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Briefing
Putting a spotlight on Longevity
The slowing of mortality improvements in the UK in recent years has been widely discussed. In this Spotlight we compare recent mortality in the UK to a large number…
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity: Mortality improvements – does one size fit all?
The CMI Model is calibrated to data for the general population but is typically applied to pensioner or annuitant portfolios. These have different mortality rates a…
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity June 2016: what can we learn from international mortality data?
Projecting mortality trends is inherently uncertain and limited data makes this even more challenging. Can analysis of past trends in international data help us to …
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Blog
Understanding and comparing longevity projections
This blog post was written by Dave Grimshaw and Jon Palin who discussed and compared a range of methods for projecting future improvements in mortality at the IFoA’…
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Blog
Raise the alarm! The worrying rise in antimicrobial resistance
Rewind to 1900 and infectious diseases were the second biggest cause of death in England and Wales. By 1960, deaths from infectious diseases were all but eradicated…
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Blog
A Smoking Gun for Female Mortality Improvements?
It is common knowledge that smoking is the primary catalyst for lung cancer the second and sixth highest cause of death for males and females respectively 2012, but…
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity August 2014: Which mortality assumptions matter most?
We analyse the sensitivity of pensioner and annuitant liability values to mortality rates and mortality improvements at different ages to assess which ages matter m…
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity March 2014: Mortality improvements for insurance and pensioner portfolios
We analyse historical mortality improvements for pension schemes and the general population and find that recent improvements have been higher for pension schemes.
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News
New associate appointment
Jon Palin has been appointed as an associate within our Longevity Consulting team.