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Third-order moments of a bivariate frequency distribution
427 THIRD-ORDER MOMENTS OF A BIVARIATE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION BY A. W. JOSEPH, M.A., B.Sc., F.I.A. Assistant Actuary of the Wesleyan and General Assurance Society THIS note will show how to obtain all the moments up to the third order of a ... read more >>
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Notes on foreign actuarial journals
435 NOTES ON, FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (Os1o), F.I.A., F.F.A., AND H. L. SEAL, B.Sc., F.F.A. HOLLAND Het Verxekerings-Archief,Vol. XX111, 1942 W. MEYER. Overzicht van de theorie der winstuitkeering aan ... read more >>
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National Insurance Act, 1946, section 69(4)
139 NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT, 1946, SECTION 69 (4) THE following memorandum indicating briefly the circumstances and manner in which regulations for modifying private pension schemes may be applied for under Section 69(4) of the National Insurance Act, ... read more >>
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Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries
159 NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES VOL. XVII, PART VIII, 1945 D. A. PORTEOUS. Superannuation funds-A brief survey, and notes on some current problems, with special reference to the funds of local authorities, pp. 227–269. The ... read more >>
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A note on the Gompertz table
The object of the present note is to point out that in a Gompertz table the values of l and of d can be stated in a form which makes practical numerical integration and interpolation possible over an important range of the life table. 423 A NOTE ON THE ... read more >>
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National Insurance Act, 1946, section 69(4)
At the Council Meeting held on 8th June 1945, the following Loyal Address was ordered to be signed and sealed, and dutifully offered to the King. To The King's Most Excellent Majesty MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN WE, Your Majesty's dutiful subjects, the ... read more >>
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Assurance Companies Act, 1946
118 Assurance Companies Act, 1946 ASSURANCE COMPANIES ACT, 1946. [9 & 10 GEO. 6. CH. 28] Section. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. 1. Marine, aviation and transit insurance business. 2. Minimum paid up share capital. 3. Margin of solvency. 4. ... read more >>
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Official publications
446 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS [The appearance of a publication in 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 June 1947, containing ... read more >>
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Statutory Rules and Orders 1946 no. 1361; no.1362; no.1363
Assurance Companies Act, 1946 FOURTH SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed. 133 Session and Chapter. 9 Edw. 7. c. 49. 20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43. 24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 23. 26 Geo. 5. and 1 Edw. 8. c. 44, Short Title. The Assurance Companies Act, ... read more >>
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Reviews I
164 REVIEWS The Fundamental Principles of Mathematical Statistics. By HUGH H. WOLFENDEN. [Pp. 379+xv. The Macmillan Co. of Canada, Toronto, 1942. $5.00] THE author of a book on statistics must be faced with a number of major decisions to make. The ... read more >>
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Notes on foreign actuarial journals
140 NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (Oslo), F.I.A., F.F.A., C. C. NICHOLL, O.B.E., B.A., F.I.A., F.F.A., AND H. L. SEAL, B.Sc., F.F.A. AMERICA Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America, Vol. XLV, 1944 ... read more >>
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The recent trend of mortality in England and Wales
430 THE RECENT TREND OF MORTALITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY W. S. HOCKING, O.B.E., F.I.A. of the Government Actuary’s Department I N continuation of the tables given in J.1.A. Vol. LXXII, pp. 522-524, the central death-rates in age-groups for males ... read more >>
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Reviews II
THE ‘BEST FIT’ TO THE TRUNCATED POISSON DISTRIBUTION BY J. G. SPAIN, B.Sc, F.I.A., A.S.A SUPPOSE we have a finite number N of observed frequencies [a(i)], and suppose further that we have a ‘reasonable belief’ that the (truncated) Poisson ... read more >>
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Legal notes
PENSION ASPECTS OF TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS by R. J. CHAPMAN and R. J. JAGELMAN (A paper presented to the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society on 18 December 1979) 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVER the past few years the Pension Managers of most large groups of ... read more >>
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Legal notes
LEGAL NOTES BY EVAN JAMES MACGILLIVRAY, B.A., LL.B. One of His Majesty’s Counsel AND DAVID HOUSEMAN, A.I.A., (Solicitor) Trust and Claims Secretary of the London Life Association, Ltd. Shadbolt (Inspector of Taxes) v. Pender Income ... read more >>
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The effects on mortality of recent advances in treatment
57 THE EFFECTS ON MORTALITY OF RECENT ADVANCES IN TREATMENT RY SIR JOHN CONYBEARE, K.B.E., M.C., D.M., F.R.C.P. [Submitted to the Institute, 24 November 1947] MORTALITY statistics have now been available for the population of Great Britain for just ... read more >>
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The taxation of annuities
31 THE TAXATION OF ANNUITIES BY M. E. OGBORN, F.I.A. Assistant Actuary of the Equitable Life Assurance Society [Submitted to the Institute, 27 October 1947] (1) THE proper method of taxation of annuities has been a subject of contention for many ... read more >>
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Correspondence
166 CORRESPONDENCE ( To the Editor the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries) (1) Currency and the Actuarial Profession (2) Currency DEAR SIR, On p. 144 of J.I.A. Vol. LXXIII appears a notice of two papers with the above titles written by me, of ... read more >>
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Managed monetary system and full employment (Correspondence)
458 CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editors of the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries) Managed Monetary System and Full Employment DEAR SIRS, On reading the contributions and discussions in the Journal upon the above matters (J.I.A. Vol. LXXII, pp. 306 ... read more >>
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The rate of interest which should be employed in the valuation of a pension fund and the values which should be placed on existing investments
After the discussion on Sir George (then Mr) Epps’s paper on ‘Superannuation Funds’, the President in proposing a vote of thanks said: ‘It is of the highest importance that we should exchange views with one another and try to come ... read more >>