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  • UK has 30,000 more deaths than expected in 2020, say actuaries

    21 April 2020

    Continuous Mortality Investigation calculates deaths attributable to Covid-19

  • UK mortality rates fall to lowest level 'ever seen'

    02 March 2020

    Life expectancies in 2019 for 65-year-olds were around one month higher than the year before

  • Mortality reserving windfalls: a reversal of fortune?

    13 August 2019

    UK life insurers have enjoyed several years of unexpected profits thanks to the slowdown of mortality improvements, but recent statistics hint this trend may be about to reverse. Cintia Cheong reports