Browsing: Mortality
Longevity and Mortality Investor’s coverage of mortality news, data and trends including clinical mortality, population mortality and behavioural mortality
The past four decades have brought revolutionary improvements in cancer care, transforming many forms of cancer from fatal diagnoses into chronic, manageable conditions.
For those in the longevity and mortality modelling game, 2025 has provided plenty of activity to keep the actuaries busy. Greg Winterton spoke to James Hadley, Senior Consultant at Barnett Waddingham, to learn more about what is front and centre of the conversation in his world as the year draws to a close.
The longevity economy is multi-faceted, with a range of investment opportunities available that can impact longevity in different ways. Greg Winterton spoke to Sergey Jakimov, Founding Partner of venture capital firm LongeVC, to get his views on both the space overall, and how LongeVC sees it, and therefore, approaches it in our latest Q&A.
The most recent mortality monitor from the Continuous Mortality Investigation shows that overall mortality in England and Wales in the third quarter of 2025 was lower than in any other quarter. The previous record low was for the third quarter of 2020, in the aftermath of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Under optimistic scenarios, new research from Swiss Re projects that GLP-1 medications could reduce all-cause mortality in the US by as much as 6.4% by 2045. But what will the impact be on the life settlement market?
The success story of rising life expectancy is far from over, but it is evolving. For pensions and insurance, the challenge is to reflect short-term headwinds without losing sight of long-term potential.
Longevity and Mortality Investor (LMI) is the new name for Life Risk News. Greg Winterton caught up with Chris Wells, Managing Editor at LMI, to discuss the reasons behind the rebrand, his thoughts on how the longevity and mortality markets have evolved in recent years, and plans for the future.
A recent article in The Lancet Public Health suggests that walking 7,000 steps is associated with reductions in the risk of several serious health outcomes.
Two areas of research are providing the gerontology community with the most promise: dysregulated nutrient sensing and cell senescence.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a striking divergence has emerged in the UK. While pensioners are living longer, working-age adults are facing worsening mortality rates.