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Jul 2023
25m 9s

COVID-19 Data and Modeling

RESEARCH INSIGHTS
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Tune in Listeners!  We have a special episode today of our Research Insights Podcast.  The SOA is a proud member of the International Actuarial Association and today's podcast is the product of a collaboration with the IAA's Pandemics Task Force.  Hear Matthew Edwards, Senior Director at Willis Towers Watson, an actuary, and during the pandemic Chair of the UK's Continuous Mortality Investigation, talk about COVID-19 data and modeling.

For more research on COVID-19 see:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2020/impact-coronavirus/ 

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