Monthly Archives: April 2020
“There’s life in the old dog yet” – let no-one be abandoned to Covid-19.
There has been comment in the media about future life expectancy of COVID-19 victims – often with an implication of ‘it doesn’t matter as they were about to die anyway’. Continue reading
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Precisely right – Scottish Widow’s IGC
Mark Stewart has issues his first Statement , having taken over as Chair of the Scottish Widows IGC. You can read it here. It is brief , accurate and it has a distinct tone which I like. The contents page … Continue reading
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Tagged IGC, pension, Pensions, Scottish Widows, Zurich
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Latest; from COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
The Covid19 Actuaries have taken to doing weekly round-ups. This one’s co-authored by Matt and Nicolas. Both have already published articles on here but Nicola gets the photo as she missed out last time (and because it’s an intriguing photo).Thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, COVID19, Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver, Support Group
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Zurich’s IGC’s Chair makes a statement -just!
I wasn’t quite sure , reading Anna Bradley’s chair statement that I wasn’t on my blog. The photos of the IGCs look like they were taken on an iphone, neither of which detracts much from what is a good – … Continue reading
Member support: beyond the trustee’s pay-grade?
Since publishing this article , LGIM has made a statement on the closure of the L&G helplines – you can read the statement here The Pensions Regulator and the FCA have delivered guidance on how those with charge of other … Continue reading
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Tagged Aegon, customer support, L&G, pensions, Royal London, Scottish Widows
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Standard Life IGC – will engagement drive innovation?
Standard Life has published its 2019-20 Chair Statement. Standard Life are now part of the Phoenix Group who have rationalised their two IGC committees removing the Standard Life IGC personnel and replacing them with Phoenix’s established team, under the Chairmanship … Continue reading
Phoenix – an IGC that continues to set standards with another good report
Phoenix IGC has published its 2019-20 Chair Statement. To me this is a most important statement as Phoenix is responsible for administering the savings of most of Britain’s “legacy savings”. Although most of these legacy books don’t have much in … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hare, effective, FCA, IGC, pensions, Phoenix Life, Standard Life
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How modelling helps us understand and deal with the pandemic.
Introduction Fighting this COVID-19 pandemic requires a good grasp on how the virus spreads, impacts health care demand and could be managed. This bulletin highlights some examples of how mathematical modelling has contributed to the understanding and intervention of this … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Coronavirus, COVID19, History, Joseph Lu, Legal & General, modelling, Pandemic
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Suppression vs Mitigation. What’s this all about?
Introduction Put simply the community of nations is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by trying to implement a suppression strategy. The UK government initially proposed an alternative mitigation strategy never before tried in any recorded history, but has now moved … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Adrian Pinington, Coronavirus, COVID19, Mitigation, pensions, Suppression
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IGC reports “good to very good”- as L&G closes member helpline.
Since publishing this article , LGIM has made a statement on the closure of the L&G helplines – you can read the statement here L&G’s IGC has published its fifth report for savers ; here is the link for … Continue reading
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Tagged Chair report, COVID19, ESG, IGC, investment pathways, L&G, Legal and General
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