As the UK experiences more extreme heat events, the associated health risks are becoming more evident. Actuary Will Stobbs explores how rising temperatures interact with existing social and economic inequalities, drawing on GAD analysis to show where high heat exposure and deprivation overlap across England's neighbourhoods.
Climate change has been identified as the century's most important health threat. GAD explores why cross-sector collaboration is essential to protect communities and build resilience in a warming climate.
Discover how actuary Becky Wodcke and a cross-government team updated the AQuA Book - essential guidance for quality analysis across departments. Learn about collaborative writing, new tools like GitHub, and tips for clear communication.
Jo Howlett, Head of Workforce Strategy at the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD), discusses how actuaries can add value to workforce modelling as part of strategic workforce planning for public bodies.
GAD actuary Will Stobbs was at the forefront of a team that set up and ran a recent major climate conference. The event attracted notable speakers and exhibitors from across government, the public sector and academia.
In this blog, the GAD actuary who helped establish the government’s Contingent Liability Central Capability talks about his time supporting the establishment and initial growth of the new team.
The ways in which a GAD trainee actuary combined analysis, actuarial skills and financial modelling are explored in this blog about work in policy areas relating to indemnity and patient safety.
A GAD actuary has marked 6 months at the centre of a programme providing financial help to countries affected by natural disasters. Read more about his role in the Start Ready initiative, part of the Start Network charity, and how it takes an innovative approach to helping countries affected by predictable crises.
In this blog, we talk about how we’ve been using statistical techniques and actuarial skills to analyse instances of fires in schools. This then allows us to better understand and model them.
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