The coronavirus (COVID-19)
A global pandemic hits
What does the outbreak of the coronavirus mean for healthcare, retirement, and insurance?
There will be lingering effects from the pandemic.
The coronavirus outbreak started in late 2019 and has now spread throughout the world. Now classified as a global pandemic, the coronavirus has major implications for healthcare and financial systems around the world.
How does our experience with COVID-19 impact the life insurance industry going forward?
Insurers need to understand the potential implications of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and consider appropriate changes in product, assumptions and capital.
Impact of COVID-19 on the size of the LTCI industry
We describe our observations related to the COVID-19 pandemic on 2020 data.
Modeling the pandemic risk
We discuss how to model pandemics such as COVID-19 and give an illustration on U.S. data. We also provide an overview of how to model the future effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and explore a basic vector-borne disease model.
A system under siege.
As the pandemic spreads, no industry is bearing a heavier burden—or facing greater uncertainty. The following articles look at various aspects of the financing and delivery of healthcare through the lens of COVID-19, with a particular focus on cost implications now and in the future.
Episode 21: COVID-19 and the implications on healthcare costs
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COVID-19 life and health insurance regulation update
COVID-19 is testing the industry—and shaping its future.
Insurers are confronting a crisis whose scale and volatility are difficult to grasp, let alone quantify. Our insurance experts are publishing daily insights on the financial and operational implications of COVID-19, looking at everything from regulatory changes and underwriting considerations to the role technology will play in helping the industry weather the pandemic, and possibly redefine itself as the crisis subsides.
Episode 21: COVID-19 and the implications on healthcare costs
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The pandemic is stretching global retirement systems to the breaking point.
Volatile markets and historical unemployment are threatening to precipitate a global retirement crisis, with pension plans and individual retirement accounts hanging in the balance. Our experts are looking at the issue systemically, with an emphasis on providing insights and guidance that will drive sound decision-making at every level, including participants, plan sponsors, municipalities, and state and local governments.