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- Chapman, W. H.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 234-239
Skeleton tables derived from the experience of the continuous mortality investigation
The method adopted in the calculation of the tables appended to this note was essentially that of the abridged mortality tables described by George King in JIA v.48. Special formulae were used to suit the form in which the statistics were presented and to ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 291-299
Reviews II
291 REVIEWS Statistical Analysis in Biology. By K. MATHER. [Pp. 247. Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1943. 16s.] SINCE the first edition of Fisher’s Statistical Methods for Research Workers in 1925 there have been a number of books whose unexpressed objects ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Chapman, W. H.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 234-239
Skeleton tables derived from the experience of the continuous mortality investigation
The method adopted in the calculation of the tables appended to this note was essentially that of the abridged mortality tables described by George King in JIA v.48. Special formulae were used to suit the form in which the statistics were presented and to ... read more >>
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- Elderton, W. P.; Nicholl, C. C.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 525-526
Notes on foreign actuarial journals
525 NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (Oslo), F.I.A., F.F.A., AND, C. C. NICHOLL, O.B.E., B.A., F.I.A., F.F.A. HOLLAND AT the meeting of the Institute held on 25 February 1946, the President (Mr R. C. ... read more >>
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- Nicholl, C. C.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 265-282
Notes on the papers written for the twelfth International Congress of Actuaries
The Congress was to have been held at Lucerne in June 1940. When war broke out, most of the papers had been sent in, and the remainder were received not long afterwards. Dr Marchand, in his 1941 report to the Swiss Actuarial Congress, stated that it had ... read more >>
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- MacGillivray, E. J.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946 72: [1]-[58]
Legal notes
LEGAL NOTES BY EVAN JAMES MACGILLIVRAY, B.A., LL.B. One of His Majesty’s Counsel Ideal Life Assurance Co., Ltd. v. Hirschfield War Damage Act 1941—Contributor —Recovery from mortgagee—Mortgage of more than one contributory property in one ... read more >>
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- Lidstone, G. J.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 229-233
The origins of the card system
Nearly a century has passed since the original invention of the Card System, that simple but effective and now indispensable instrument for the convenient recording of data and their tabulation and subtabulation under any desired heads, whether for the ... read more >>
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- Hocking, W. S.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 122-123
The recent trend of mortality in England and Wales
122 THE RECENT TREND OF MORTALITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY W. S. HOCKING, M.B.E., F.I.A. of the Government Actuary’s Department IN continuation of the tables given in J.I.A. Vol. LXXI, pp. 411-12, the central death rates in age groups for males and ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 130-131
Memoirs I
Henry Brown 130 MEMOIR HENRY BROWN To the names of Past Presidents whose loss the Institute has had to mourn in recent years must be added that of Henry Brown who passed away on 3 June 1943. Born in 1876, he showed an early aptitude for ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 283-289
Official publications
283 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS [The appearance of a publication i the following list does not imply that a formal review will not appear in the JOURNAL.] ANNOTATED LIST of recent official publications issued to the end of March 1945, containing ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 536
Birthday honours, 1946: Sir William Elderton and Sir Percy Harvey
536 BIRTHDAY HONOURS, 1946 SIR WILLIAM ELDERTON, K.B.E. SIR PERCY HARVEY, K.B.E. AMONG those honoured by His Majesty the King in the Birthday Honours List published on 13 June 1946 were Sir William Palin Elderton, C.B.E., Ph.D. (Oslo), F.F.A., a ... read more >>
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- Rhodes, F.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 455-469
Percentage table for the estimation of sickness rates for special periods of sickness
454 Life Annuities at Different Rates of Interest Inverse calculation from formula (9) of various values of p shows that over a considerable range m is closely proportionate to (n+ I) i and can be re- Thus presented with good approximation by It is ... read more >>
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- Evans, A. W.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 447-454
Further remarks on the relationship between the values of life annuities at different rates of interest, including a description of a method of first-difference interpolation and a reference to annuities-certain
4.47 FURTHER REMARKS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VALUES OF LIFE ANNUITIES AT DIFFERENT RATES OF INTEREST, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF A METHOD OF FIRST-DIFFERENCE INTERPOLATION AND A REFERENCE TO ANNUITIES-CERTAIN BY A. W. EVANS, F.I.A. Actuary ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 516-521
Continuous mortality investigations: assured lives 1939-43
516 34 CONTINUOUS MORTALITY INVESTIGATION: ASSURED LIVES 1939-43 STATISTICS have recently been published for the 5-year period 1939-43 of the exposed to risk and deaths at each age for each year of duration 0-4 and for durations 5 and over. The ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 132-138
Reviews I
132 R E V I E W S Table of the Coefficients o Everett's Central-Difference Interpolation Formula. By A. J. THOMPSON, Ph.D. [Pp. 32. No. V of Tracts for Computers, edited by E. S. PEARSON, D.Sc. 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 1943. 5s.] ... read more >>
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- Joseph, A. W.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 498-515
The valuation of whole-life assurances by the use of moments
W. Perks in his recent paper has shown how we may avoid tabulating net premiums or other special functions applicable to a particular valuation basis on individual valuation cards, and how a change may thus be made easily and rapidly from one valuation ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 446
Mr. Lidstone's gift
446 MR LIDSTONE’S GIFT ON p.12 of Vol. LXIV of the Journal there is a description of the Council Table and Chairs given to the Institute in 1932 by William Peyton Phelps. Set in the Old Hall, they became one with it and they shared the ruin that came ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 119-121
Memorandum: Defence (Finance) Regulations 1939
119 DEFENCE (FINANCE) REGULATIONS 1939 THE following Memorandum has been received for reproduction in the Journal by the courtesy of the Life Offices’ Association. ASSIGNMENT OF LIFE POLICIES S.R. & 0. No. 708 of 1940. I2 May 1940 This order ... read more >>
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- Michel, J. G. L.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 470-480
Central difference formulae obtained by means of operator expansions
470 CENTRAL DIFFERENCE FORMULAE OBTAINED BY MEANS OF OPERATOR EXPANSIONS BY J. G. L. MICHEL, A.I.A. of the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd. 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY INTERPOLATION and other formulae involving advancing differences are ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Clarke, R. D.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1946) 72: 481
An application of the Poisson distribution
481 AN APPLICATION OF THE POISSON DISTRIBUTION BY R. D. CLARKE, F.I.A. of the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd. READERS of Lidstone’s Notes on the Poisson frequency distribution (J.I.A. Vol. LXXI, p. 284) may be interested in an application of this ... read more >>