Category Archives: actuaries
“Pandemics are catalysts for change- #buildbackbetter” (Stuart McDonald)
In his most confident thread yet, Stuart McDonald (@actuarybyday) looks again at the weekly data provided by ICNARC and focusses on two key issues, the particular impact on British BAME communities and the statistical congruence between high levels of poverty … Continue reading
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Tagged #buildbackbetter, BAME, Blacklivesmatter, COVOD-19, Stuart McDonald
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What happened with COVID – to June 19
The Friday Report – Issue 12 By Matt Fletcher and Nicola Oliver COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group … Continue reading
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Care homes – forgotten by us- not by Covid
This article can also be found at the COVID-19 Actuaries website http://www.covid-arg.com Introduction In their weekly analysis of deaths, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that the total number deaths in excess of 5-year averages in the 12 weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Care Homes, Covid-19, mortality, residential care
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Managing means knowing what to measure
One of the most interesting (and challenging) parts of running a blog is in encouraging and moderating comments. This site gets quite few (real) comments, but sometimes the comments are as insightful as the blogs they comment on. Such … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, cliche, Consultants, managed, measured
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Covid Actuaries weekly round up to June 13
The Friday Report – Issue 11 By Matt Fletcher and Nicola Oliver COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID‑19 Actuaries … Continue reading
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Tagged ACE2, actuaries, Covid-19, Yeovil Town
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What happened in week 10; science from the COVID Actuaries
Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID‑19 Actuaries Response Group read more about the outbreak than most, so we’ve decided each Friday to provide you with a curated list of … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuaies, BAME, COVID-10, mortality, ONS, Science, The Lancet
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Facemasks for public use – Nicola Oliver
Introduction The question of whether to protect yourself from becoming infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus by wearing a mask in public places is one that has been vigorously debated. The counter-argument to mask use is that it will … Continue reading
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Setting mortality assumptions in a post COVID-19 world
Introduction In our first bulletin looking at the impact of the pandemic on mortality, we considered what could reasonably be inferred now about the likely post-pandemic mortality of survivors. In this second bulletin, we explore the question of mortality from … Continue reading
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The other way to value DB schemes- Clacher and Keating.
DB scheme value Valuation – the long way round Our blog (May 28th) calling for a bonfire of pension regulation led to a surprising amount of interest and a wide range of questions and even some requests for expansion … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, de-risking, pensions
Tagged Car, Con Keating, Contractual accrual rate, DB, defined benefit, Iain Clacher, valuation
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Pension experts and enthusiastic amateurs
A pinch of actuarial salt. Mike Harrison is for my money a pension expert and has every right to rattle my cage. OK. I’ll keep reading your stuff, Henry, as I like your pro-member stance, but if you’re not a … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, David Hare, Mike Harrison, pensions, Pinch of salt
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