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Mortality rates at record low in H1 2026, CMI finds

Stuart McDonald's three-year term as CMI chair gets underway

Another record low for death rates in 2025, says the UK's CMI

Record low summer death rates, reports the UK's CMI

Mortality is back to pre-pandemic levels, but UK insurers should be cautious about trend

LCP's Stuart McDonald said no fall in mortality over a five-year period is very rare

"Sharp divides" over UK mortality projections brings tricky decisions for insurers

Opinions differ on how much weight to put on 2022 and 2023 experience

CMI: mortality rates in 2023 were lowest since 2019

Around 173,800 more registered deaths occurred in the UK from all causes, compared to pre-pandemic

Excess UK mortality persisting into 2023

Driving factors include Covid-19 related deaths and pressure on the country's NHS

UK mortality remains high in Q2

First quarter was the worst for UK excess mortality since second Covid wave

Excess deaths in the UK in Q1 totalled 20,200