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Swans and flamingos

Swans and flamingos

Monday, 13 December 2021

Latest blog by GAD in which we look at how sustainable finance can help address climate change....

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New non executive director appointment at GAD

New non executive director appointment at GAD

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

GAD announces the appointment of a new non-executive director. Bev Messinger will join the department's Management Board for a 3-year term....

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Supporting strategic decisions with statistical modelling

Supporting strategic decisions with statistical modelling

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Latest blog by GAD in which we look at statistical techniques and actuarial skills to analyse topics which helps us to understand and base models on t...

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Drought modelling

Drought modelling

Friday, 19 November 2021

We have supported a project to develop an approach to assess the welfare impacts of drought in Sub-Saharan Africa....

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‘GAD's getting ready for Glasgow’   blog

‘GAD's getting ready for Glasgow’ blog

Monday, 01 November 2021

Latest blog by GAD in which we look at what our clients can expect from the COP26 climate change conference....

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Autumn Budget 2021

Autumn Budget 2021

Friday, 29 October 2021

A GAD technical bulletin has been published....

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Actuarial valuations of public service pensions schemes

Actuarial valuations of public service pensions schemes

Friday, 15 October 2021

New announcements will affect public service pension schemes. One means the 2016 valuations will complete and another sets out how the cost control me...

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Finance for small businesses

Finance for small businesses

Friday, 15 October 2021

Latest blog by GAD in which we look at the issues regarding raising finance to enable UK businesses to run efficiently....

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Mortality Insights

Mortality Insights

Tuesday, 05 October 2021

The latest edition of Mortality Insights focuses on COVID-19. It also looks at a recent report which considers life expectancy differences between eth...

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New COVID 19 study

New COVID 19 study

Monday, 27 September 2021

An actuary from GAD is one of a group of scientists and analysts who've published new research which shows certain groups of vaccinated people could s...

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GAD’s work with universities

GAD’s work with universities

Thursday, 16 September 2021

The special feature details the work of the Government Actuary’s Department with universities....

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Special feature: GAD's work with universities

Special feature: GAD's work with universities

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) has been working closely with universities in various capacities. This article outlines that work....

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School trip cancellations

School trip cancellations

Monday, 06 September 2021

We provided actuarial support and modelling options to government as it worked out the cost of school trips which had been cancelled due to COVID-19....

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Measures of inflation

Measures of inflation

Tuesday, 24 August 2021

Latest blog by GAD in which we look at measures of price inflation, at how inflation was affected during the pandemic, as well as the RPI consultatio...

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Apprenticeships, then, now and next

Apprenticeships, then, now and next

Monday, 23 August 2021

Blog summarising the work experiences of GAD apprentices....

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Event cancellation reinsurance support scheme

Event cancellation reinsurance support scheme

Tuesday, 10 August 2021

GAD has helped deliver a new £750m government-backed reinsurance scheme to support the UK's live events sector....

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Reformed pension scheme for the judiciary

Reformed pension scheme for the judiciary

Tuesday, 10 August 2021

We support the Ministry of Justice's work on a reformed pension scheme for the judiciary providing actuarial costings and drawing on our experience of...

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Financial modelling expertise

Financial modelling expertise

Thursday, 05 August 2021

GAD provided financial modelling to support HM Treasury in the production of its Annual Report and Accounts....

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New model for modelling

New model for modelling

Thursday, 05 August 2021

Guest blog about modelling as featured on Actuaries in government....

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Non executive chair appointment

Non executive chair appointment

Wednesday, 21 July 2021

GAD has appointed a new non-executive director and Management Board Chair. Les Philpott has held a range of non-executive roles in the public, private...

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Royal Statistical Society Award

Royal Statistical Society Award

Monday, 19 July 2021

Two actuaries from GAD were part of a cross-organisation team, which has won an award from the Royal Statistical Society. It was for achievements in h...

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Quality assurance of pension calculator tool

Quality assurance of pension calculator tool

Friday, 09 July 2021

GAD has completed a quality assurance exercise on an online pension calculator tool. It's from Money Helper and it helps calculate people’s likely ret...

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Proposed reforms to cost control mechanism and discount rate methodology

Proposed reforms to cost control mechanism and discount rate methodology

Thursday, 01 July 2021

The government is seeking views on changes to the cost control mechanism and the discount rate methodology, which apply to public service pension sche...

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Government Actuary recommends changes to cost control mechanism

Government Actuary recommends changes to cost control mechanism

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

The Government Actuary has reviewed the cost control mechanism used in public service pension schemes. His report recommends possible changes....

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Special feature: GAD’s coronavirus response 1 year on

Special feature: GAD’s coronavirus response 1 year on

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

GAD has played an ongoing role in the coronavirus response, and we are using this experience to improve how we support our clients. ...

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Analysis in Government month

Analysis in Government month

Monday, 14 June 2021

People in GAD were key contributors to the inaugural Analysis in Government month. More than 460 attended our webinars and we also published videos an...

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New GAD case studies

New GAD case studies

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Our latest case studies give an insight into the variety of projects that people from GAD have delivered over the past year....

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Collaborative, professional and highly valued

Collaborative, professional and highly valued

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

In our latest client feedback exercise, GAD clients rated us 4.6 stars out of 5 for being highly valued....

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Special feature: GAD role in Analysis in Government month 2021

Special feature: GAD role in Analysis in Government month 2021

Tuesday, 16 March 2021

Analysts play a key role in leading government projects and supporting government decision making. To celebrate this work, the Government Analysis Fun...

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Budget 2021   a GAD technical bulletin

Budget 2021 a GAD technical bulletin

Friday, 05 March 2021

In our Budget analysis, we focus on topics on which we advise our clients, such as reforms relating to investment, insurance and pensions....

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