XPS launches Covid-19 vulnerability analysis tool

James Phillips
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A scheme vulnerability analysis tool aiming to allow pension schemes to understand the likely impact of Covid-19 on their members’ life expectancy has been launched by XPS Pensions Group.

With around 53,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic expected to list Covid-19 as the reason, XPS' tool uses a database compiled from public sources to categories members by postcode and provi...

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