Actuarial News on Pandemics

Historical Information

Age and Sex Incidence of Influenza and Pneumonia Morbidity and Mortality in the Epidemic of 1928–29 with Comparative Data for the Epidemic of 1918–19.
By Selwyn D. Collins. Public Health Reports.–Vol. 46. No. 33.–August 14, 1931.

Updating the Accounts: Global Mortality of the 1918–1920 "Spanish" Influenza Pandemic.
By Niall P. A. S. Johnson and Juergen Mueller.–Bull. Hist. Med., 2002, 76:–105–115.

Avian Flu: Bracing for a Pandemic.
By Darrell Knapp.–Risk Management Magazine. July 2006

The Incidence of Influenza Among Persons of Different Economic Status During the Epidemic of 1918.
By Edgar Sydenstricker.

Was the 1918 pandemic caused by a bird flu?
By J.K. Taubenberger et al. Nature–2005, 437:–889–893.

ERM for Pandemics

CDC Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
In the event of pandemic influenza, business will play a key role in protecting employees' health and safety as well as limiting the negative impact to the economy and society.