Mortality

Despite COVID-19, Australian mortality improvement is on trend

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected Australia’s cause-specific mortality so far in 2021? The Actuaries Institute’s COVID-19 Mortality Working Group has developed a statistical model to predict deaths across several major causes of death, against which actual deaths can be monitored.

by Mortality Working Group

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H M Jackson Prize

The Research Council Committee has awarded the 2014 H M Jackson Prize to Aaron Bruhn, Bridget Browne and Alex Huynh for their presentation Catastrophic Mortality Bonds: Analysing Basis Risk and Hedge…

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Latest Developments in Mortality Projection Methods

Mortality rates in Australia and New Zealand have declined over time, and there is no sign of this trend abating –creating significant implications for pricing and funding scenarios into the…

by Jackie Li and Leonie Tickle

Mortality

Despite COVID-19, Australian mortality improvement is on trend

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H M Jackson Prize

Latest Developments in Mortality Projection Methods

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