COIOS

Library

Must reads from here, there and everywhere.

Tall library shelves packed with books

Publications

Longer pieces, including bulletins for the COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group and a series written with Swiss Re.

Longevity Bulletin, Issue 14

2025, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Potential for mutation with the SARS-CoV-2 virus

15 October 2020, COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group. Reassuring insights on the likelihood of viral mutation, while flagging challenges for the following year with the advent of vaccines.

COVID-19 and likely long-term effects on survivors

22 September 2020, with Swiss Re. The fourth in the series looks at Long COVID and the long-term effects on those who have been infected.

COVID-19: one virus, many faces

24 August 2020, with Swiss Re. The third in the series explores multivariate studies to better understand the risks and the many faces of COVID-19.

Unravelling the true death toll of COVID-19

14 July 2020, with Swiss Re. A deeper look at the toll of COVID-19, focusing on excess mortality, key determinants and the impact on insurers going forward.

Care Homes: forgotten no more

16 June 2020, COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group. Dan Ryan and Adrian Baskir focus on the toll of COVID-19 in care homes, with around 1 in 7 residents dying, and draw out lessons for the future.

Notes

Shorter pieces from the COIOS blog.

Crisis in UK General Practice

15 October 2021, Healthcare today.

COVID hospitalisations and variants

25 April 2021, Everything COVID.

Impact of COVID on risk perception

24 April 2021, Everything COVID.

Masking the future

23 April 2021, Everything COVID.