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No Nico! VFM is a measure to help consumers – not actuaries!

Posted on February 26, 2023 by henry tapper

This blog responds to Darren and Nico’s VFM podcast with Zoe Alexander of Nest and you can listen to that podcast from here. It’s well worth it. The blog divides into two, in the firs half I challenge Nico over … Continue reading →

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Covid currently on the wane – unlike excess deaths – C19 Friday report

Posted on November 26, 2022 by henry tapper

                                                                                                                         http://www.covidactuaries.org Friday Report: Issue 73 By: Adele Groyer & John Roberts Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence.   Covid-19 is still among the most important health topics for scientific papers and articles. The Covid‑19 Actuaries Response … Continue reading →

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C19 actuaries report on the ongoing toll Covid is taking on the nation’s health – bulletin 72

Posted on October 29, 2022 by henry tapper

                                                                                                                         http://www.covidactuaries.org Friday Report: Issue 72   By: Adele Groyer, John Roberts, Dan Ryan & Matt Fletcher Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence.   Covid-19 is still among the most important health topics for scientific papers … Continue reading →

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“Taking CDC out of the hands of actuaries and lawyers”

Posted on August 22, 2022 by henry tapper

What does “taking CDC out of the hands of actuaries and lawyers” mean? — Mike Harrison (@HigherEdActuary) August 20, 2022 Mike usually picks up on the real point I am trying to make in a blog. A couple of blogs … Continue reading →

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Combining pensions – what are Dan and Steve really up to?

Posted on August 22, 2022 by henry tapper

  Dan Mikulskis and Steve Webb have teamed up to write a paper aimed at people considering combining their pension pots. They are writing for the kind of sophisticated consumer who knows their way around pensions and is thinking of … Continue reading →

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Can pension projections make sense of our savings?

Posted on June 5, 2022 by henry tapper

In a dignified article in the FT, Steve Webb  warns that the Financial Reporting Council’s plans to project pension returns based on how investments have done in the past comes with the real risk that ” the new statement figures … Continue reading →

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15m have died from Covid – Covid ARG’s 66th report.

Posted on May 7, 2022 by henry tapper

Friday Report: Issue 66                                        www.covid-arg.com By: John Roberts, Adele Groyer and Matt Fletcher   COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. … Continue reading →

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Covid Actuaries report improvement in canine longevity (it’s a dog’s life)

Posted on April 23, 2022 by henry tapper

Friday Report: Issue 65   www.covidarg.com By: John Roberts, Adele Groyer, Matt Fletcher and Dan Ryan COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID-19 Actuaries … Continue reading →

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Covid infections break pandemic records – C19 Arg – tell you why!

Posted on April 2, 2022 by henry tapper

                                                                                                                         http://www.covidactuaries.org Friday Report: Issue 64 By: John Roberts, Adele Groyer, Matt Fletcher and Dan Ryan   COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group provides a bi-weekly Friday … Continue reading →

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The Hymans master trust default fund review; “in the midst of life….”

Posted on January 19, 2022 by henry tapper

https://readymag.com/p14287617 I am pleased to see Hymans Robertson publishing data from a number of master trusts that puts the member’s experience to the fore. They have produced a framework for understanding the impact of default investment strategies that they claim … Continue reading →

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