This paper examines how changes to the social welfare system for lone parents, such as the tightening of eligibility criteria for One-Parent Family Payment and the introduction of Jobseeker's Transitional Payment, affected lone-parent incomes and work incentives. Our main contributions are...

The actuarial profession has made a significant contribution to the prudential governance of long-tailed statutory insurance classes for the past 30 years. Our work in general insurance business began in earnest during the 1970s and accelerated after the work of Sir Owen Woodhouse introduced a...