The Mortality Research Steering Committee (MRSC) is a group of actuaries and professionals from across disciplines who aim to advance mortality research through interaction and collaboration. One of the main responsibilities of the Mortality Research Steering Committee (MRSC) is to steer the Profession’s research relating to the demographic risks of mortality, morbidity and longevity. 

Chair: Matthew Fletcher

Established: 2006

Published Content:

• Looking into the future of Alzheimer's & dementia webinar: February 2024
• Unknown perils: the power of missing data to mislead. A fireside chat with David J Hand: March 2023
• The Impact of the 2021 Census on Mortality Projections webinar: May 2023
• CMI 2022 - the new norm or a herald of continued instability webinar: November 2023
• How to treat data from the pandemic when setting longevity assumptions webinar: January 2022
• Affording social care in a post-COVID world webinar: March 2022
• New challenges for cancer care after COVID webinar: June 2022
• What lies beneath current trends in excess mortality webinar: September 2022
• Future paths for mortality in a post-pandemic world webinar: December 2022
• Dealing with mortality outliers webinar: March 2021
• IFoA Longevity Risk Framework: March 2021
• Call for research on future mortality improvements webinar: May 2021
• Longevity in the Post-COVID world webinar: September 2021
• New possibilities for cause of death modelling through mapping multiple causes webinar