Contributors

Joan Coverson
Life/Health Chief Regional Actuary, London
Joan is Regional Chief Actuary for our UK Life and Health business, and is responsible for the UK and Irish markets. She is also chairman of the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) committee for disability business that produces amalgamated experience across the market. She has been with Gen Re for 13 years and is based in our London office.
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COVID-19 Crisis - Forecast for UK Income Protection Market to Remain Cloudy
By Joan Coverson Dec 03, 2020 English
The Income Protection (IP) market should brace itself for more COVID-19-related claims, as the second wave of the pandemic continues to unfold and the government’s job retention schemes gradually unwind. An indication of the profound uncertainty that...
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Living to 100 - Implications for Insurers
By Joan Coverson Apr 11, 2017 English
The number of centenarians, people who've reached their hundredth birthday, has been increasing. The UK had more than 14,000 centenarians in 2015 compared to less than 8,000 in 2002.1 In 50 years, the figure is projected to exceed 400,000. The U.S. currently...
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