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Longevity and Mortality Investor’s coverage of mortality news, data and trends including clinical mortality, population mortality and behavioural mortality.
Efforts to find treatments that slow or prevent Alzheimer’s disease are making good progress, but the complexities of tackling…
Latest CMI model not likely to have material impact on pensions de-risking activity.
CMI_2025 produces cohort life expectancies at age 65 that are about eight weeks higher for males and about six weeks higher for females than in the previous version of the CMI Model, CMI_2024.
The latest data on excess mortality in England, published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, shows that there were significantly fewer deaths among the older cohorts and the working-age population as well.
The past 12 months have seen significant developments that are likely to shape mortality models among defined benefit pensions scheme managers and sponsors alike, and possibly even have an impact on the pricing of de-risking deals.
The broader consequences of climate change are complex and far-reaching, with significant implications for human health, financial systems and the wider economy.
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.