COVID-19
Navigating a global pandemic
How will the coronavirus transform healthcare, retirement, and insurance?
Managing risk through an unprecedented crisis
The pandemic and the global effort to slow its spread will profoundly alter our healthcare and financial systems for years to come.
As the crisis unfolds and new data becomes available, we will continue to update this page with coverage of COVID-19 and its implications for the health and financial well-being of people everywhere.
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.
Critical Point Episode 27: Telehealth in the time of COVID
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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 22: COVID-19 and life insurance risk management
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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.