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Flu mortality "zero" this winter, says Reinsurance Group of America CRO
10 February 2021Insurer reports incredible flu data and issues positive guidance on Covid-19 for 2021
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Hannover Re reveals Covid-19 impact on US life and health book
05 February 2021Covid-19 will keep pushing up reinsurance rates in some lines in 2021
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Competition to heat up further in US pension risk transfer market, says L&G
05 February 2021US unit boosted premiums by 40% in 2020
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Genetic testing risks go under the microscope
03 February 2021Do life insurers really face the risk of adverse selection from customers that have taken predictive genetic tests? Academics think not, and insurers and policyholders could indeed benefit from wider use of genetic testing, as Paul Walsh reports
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Covid-19 vaccinations move the needle on mortality forecasts
21 January 2021With the UK's Covid-19 vaccination programme being rolled out, experts tell Cintia Cheong about its impact on mortality in 2021 and what insurers should consider when projecting mortality trends
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Just Group "stronger and safer" after de-risking moves
14 January 2021UK life insurer completes a third NNEG hedge and sells equity-release mortgages
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Germany's interest rate reserve gets bigger - and better
07 January 2021German life insurers paid more into the Zinszusatzreserve again in 2020, despite the new "corridor method" of calculation that intended to unburden the sector. Industry leaders tell David Walker the ZZR remains fit for purpose nonetheless
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Christmas week registers 51% more Covid-19 deaths than expected
06 January 2021UK has 75,000 excess deaths since pandemic outbreak, according to CMI actuaries
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The politics of pandemics
31 December 2020Combatting the next pandemic will take a lot more than vaccines, according to Frank Schiller, a board member of Germany's actuarial association. To cover the risk, insurers will need a deft understanding and the ability to work closely with the political world, as Schiller explains to David Walker
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Covid-19 mitigation in the US: compliance drops, virus rages
29 December 2020In a follow-up to his article on applying ERM expertise to limit the spread of Covid-19, Dave Ingram reports on adherence to mitigation requirements in November, including for the key Thanksgiving holiday