Category Archives: doctors
WAITING FOR THE VACCINE. C-19 actuaries new monthly medical update
Given the pace of change with ‘all things COVID’, it can be hard – even for those who follow all the updates – to know what the overall state of play is regarding medical developments in particular, as opposed to … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, coronavirus, doctors, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Covid-19, Nicola Oliver, Pandemic, Vaccine
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Actuaries, goats and flamingos; – the Covid-19 weekly report
General On 23 April, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued their ninth “rapid risk assessment” report on COVID-19 . As with previous ECDC reports, this is a very detailed and informative summary of all aspects of … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Comorbidities, Covid-19, Flamingos, Goats, Nicotine
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AI – can it help us retire?
We have known throughout human time that their is wisdom in crowds. Hunters followed paths created by their ancestors , ignoring the paths that didn’t help and focussing on those that did. We have ways of developing things from arrowheads … Continue reading
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“Time spent frail in old age doubles”
A Newcastle University study, suggests that elderly people are getting frail for longer as they reach the final years of their life. According to the Seed project men spent 2.4 years on average needing regular care and women three … Continue reading
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Tagged Dementia, Newcstle Univeristy, Old age, Saga, the Seed Project
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A few house rules…
Once you’ve blown up the building you let the dust settle ,you announce what you’ll be putting up instead and then you build. This seems a reasonable analogy for what is happening in pension reform. The FCA are issuing invitations … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, dc pensions, doctors, later life
Tagged DWP, ILC, later life, Old age, Retirement
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John Tapper’s retirement plan
The Auction catalogue tells us “Mr Tapper’s cows are a very nice lot, all young, of good size and colour and good milkers Continue reading
Posted in doctors, Henry Tapper blog, pensions, Popcorn Pensions, religion
Tagged auction, Business and Economy, cow, Employment, farner, oats, pig
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My mother is a donut
My mother is someone who I have admiration for. This afternoon we went to walk Rosa the dog ; but when we got out of the car she discovered she was in her house slippers. Rather than abort the … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Berwick St John, Doughnut, Dunkin Donuts, Mother's Day, National Doughnut Day, Salisbury, Walking
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“We grow old, we grow old” – a budget day blog
It’s budget day. I was asked to be a commentator on a budget briefing this afternoon but I’m not good on economics – more interested in nuts and bolts. All the same, it’s useful sometimes to stick your head up and … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, doctors, Henry Tapper blog, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury
Tagged Britain, Budget Day, Economic, Government, Government spending, House of Lords, Piers Plowman, Strike action
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We should be proud to have an opt-out!
An old friend of mine tweets me beginning “I’m a libertarian but…!” The but is an objection to the feckless being able to opt out of their pension plan. Of course she is a fascist though you cannot tell her that any … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, auto-enrolment, corporate governance, dc pensions, doctors, happiness, iphone, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Chile, China, Fascism, Opt-out, pension, Politics, Russia, Smartphone
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The public sector needs a low cost pension alternative
This blog is about public sector pensions and the problems that they will face with Auto-Enrolment. It will be of interest to people concerned with pension reform, fairness, inclusivity and with bringing DC up to the standards of DB. The question … Continue reading