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- Simmonds, R.C.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 81-86
The first centenary of JIA
Commemoration of the centenary of the publication of the first dedicated actuarial journal, first called the Assurance Magazine in September 1850, then also known as Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. Charles Jellicoe, Hon. Editor of J.I.A., ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 252-253
Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries
252 NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES VOL. XVIII, PART VI, 1948 PETER L. MCKINLAY, M.D., D.P.H., F.R.S.E. Vital statistics: their collection and analysis, pp. 265-280. A summary of three lectures delivered before the Faculty in ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 72
The Centenary of the Institute of Actuaries
72 THE CENTENARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES As a footnote to the article on the Centenary of the Institute of Actuaries, J .I.A., Vol. LXXIV, pp. 170-8, it is our pleasure to record the receipt of a further gift. This is a volume containing ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 258-261
Memoirs II
258 MEMOIR AMÉDÉE BÉGAULT WITH the death of Amédée Bégault a great figure has disappeared from the actuarial world. Members of the Association Royale des Actuaires belges and actuaries in every land mourn his death in Brussels on 2 July 1949. ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 69-71
Mr. Lidstone's gift
The Table, showing the Inscribed Plate 69 MR LIDSTONE’S GIFT IT was recorded in J.I.A. Vol. LXXII, p. 446, that Mr Lidstone was making to The Institute a gift of a Council Table and Chairs to replace the tragic loss that occurred when Staple Inn ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 254-257
Official publications
254 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 September 1949, containing ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 262-268
Reviews II
262 REVIEWS Theory of Probability. By HAROLD JEFFREYS. [2nd ed. Pp. viii+411, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1948. 35s.] Probability and Induction. By WILLIAM KNEALE. [Pp. viii+264. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1949. 15s.] Probability Theory for Statistical ... read more >>
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- Hunter, A.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 87-93
Hospital and care coverage in the United States of America
87 HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY ARTHUR HUNTER, LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.F.A., F.A.S., F.A.I.A., F.C.A.S. THE project for compulsory health insurance under Government control in the United States has drawn attention ... read more >>
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- Elderton, W. P.; Seal, H. L.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 107-115
Notes on foreign actuarial journals
107 NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR WILLIAM ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (OSLO), F.I.A., F.F.A. AND H. L. SEAL, PH.D., B.Sc., F.F.A. AMERICA Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America, Vol. XLIX, Part 2, Oct. 1948 H. R. BASSFORD and J. ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 121-129
International actuarial notation
121 INTERNATIONAL ACTUARIAL NOTATION THE existing international actuarial notation was founded on the ‘Key to the Notation’ given in the Institute of Actuaries Text-Book, Part II, Life Con- tingencies, by George King, and is embodied in an ... read more >>
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- Beard, R. E.; Perks, W.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 75-86
The relation between the distribution of sickness and the effect of duplicates on the distribution of deaths
In J.S.S. Vol. 7(1), one of the present writers (R.E.B.) discusses the standard deviation of the distribution of sickness. In Skandinavisk Aktuarietidskrift, 1947, H. L. Seal discusses the effect of duplicates on the distribution of deaths. 75 THE ... read more >>
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- Elderton, W. P.; Seal, H. L.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 245-251
Notes on foreign actuarial journals
245 NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR WILLIAM ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (OSLO), F.I.A., F.F.A., AND H. L. SEAL, PH.D., B.Sc., F.F.A. AMERICA Transactions of the Actuarial Society, Vol. L, Part I, May 1949 H. R. BASSFORD. Presidential ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 116-120
Official publications
116 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 April 1949, containing ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 149-150
Cinquantenaire of the Institut des Actuaires Francais
I N S T I T U T E O F A C T U A R I E S CINQUANTENAIRE OF THE INSTITUT DES ACTUAIRES FRANCAIS THE Institut des Actuaires Francais was founded in 1890, and the attainment of its fiftieth anniversary (which occurred during the war) was celebrated by a ... read more >>
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- Ogborn, M. E.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 73-74
The theory of simple and compound interest. An eighteenth-century manuscript
73 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS {The appearance of a publication in the following list does not imply that a formal review will not appear in the JOURNAL.] A N N O T A T E D L I S T of recent official publications issued to the end of December 1949, ... read more >>
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- Steeds, A. J.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 94-100
An investigation into the mortality of diabetic patients attending the diabetic clinic of King's College Hospital
94 AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MORTALITY OF DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING THE DIABETIC CLINIC OF KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL BY ARTHUR JAMES STEEDS, F.I.A. Assistant Actuary of the Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company, Ltd. IN 1946, the data ... read more >>
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- Ogborn, M. E.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 73-74
The theory of simple and compound interest. An eighteenth-century manuscript
73 THE THEORY OF SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT BY M. E. OGBORN, F.I.A. Joint Actuary, The Equitable Life Assurance Society ONE of the exhibits in the Exhibition at the Centenary Assembly of the Institute of Actuaries ... read more >>
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- Robb, A. C.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 3-37
The development of public superannuation schemes
A study of the history of public superannuation schemes reveals that, in general, steady progress has been, and is being, made; there is, however, little consistency as between various branches of the public service. There have already been many post-war ... read more >>
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- Lever, E. H.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 232-242
Management in industry as a career for the actuary: prospects and difficulties (Alfred Watson Memorial Lecture)
232 ALFRED WATSON MEMORIAL LECTURE MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY AS A CAREER FOR THE ACTUARY: PROSPECTS AND DIFFICULTIES THE following is the full text of the third Alfred Watson Memorial Lecture which was delivered on 25 April I949 by Mr E. H. Lever, ... read more >>
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- Starke, L. G. K.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1949) 75: 183-231
Some thoughts on the analysis of numerical data
This paper is the record of an attempt by an ordinary actuary, who entered the profession in days when statistics were but a nugatory ingredient in the examination syllabus, to get a little clearer in his mind about some of the similarities and differences ... read more >>