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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 75-80

Reviews I

75 REVIEWS The Law of Life Assurance. By DAVID HOUSEMAN, A.I.A, [Third Edition. Pp. xxiv + 224. Butterworth and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1949. 15s. 6d.] T H I S book is described by the author as an introduction to the Law of Life Assurance and ... read more >>

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Daw, R. H.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 143-151

The trend of mortality from tuberculosis

143 THE TREND OF MORTALITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS BY R. H. DAW, B.Sc., F.I.A. Of Power-Samas Accounting Machines, Ltd. TUBERCULOSIS at the present time still causes over 20,000 deaths a year in England and Wales and is one of the major medical problems ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 173-174

Official publications

REVIEW Demographic Estimation f o r Developing Societies. By N . CARRIER and J . HOBCRAFT. [Pp. 204. London: Population Investigation Committee, London School o f Economics, 1971. £5.00.] THE AUTHORS originally intended to write ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 263-280

The Assurance Companies Rules, 1950

263 THE ASSURANCE COMPANIES RULES, 1950 Statutory Instruments 1950, No. 533 as amended by No, 643 The Assurance Companies Rules, 1950, which came into force x June 1950, supersede the Order of the Board of Trade dated 6 June 1910 (S.R. & O. 1910 (No. ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 172

Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries

172 NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES VOL. XIX, PART II (No. 171), 1950 G. HEYWOOD and W. F. MARPLES. Pension Funds: Some Practical Points. Among the practical matters discussed are the construction and use of salary scales, ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 173-174

Official publications

173 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS [The appearence 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 February 1950, containing ... read more >>

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Bayley, G. V.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 237-252

The taxation of annuity funds

237 THE TAXATION OF ANNUITY FUNDS By G. V. BAYLEY, F.I.A. Assistant Actuary of The Equitable Life Assurance Society This paper, for which the author has been awarded a prize from the Messenger and Brown Prize Fund, was submitted for discussion to the ... read more >>

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Elderton, W. P.; Seal, H. L.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 70-72

Notes on foreign actuarial journals

70 NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (OSLO), F.I.A., F.F.A., AND H. L. SEAL, PH.D., B.SC, F.F.A, CZECHOSLOVAKIA Aktuarské Vëdy, Vol. VIII, 1948-49, Part 3 K. PETR. Sur le calcul effectif des nombres de Bernoulli, ... read more >>

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Britt, K. J.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 164-167

A note on the Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948

164 A NOTE ON THE INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1948 BY K. J. BRITT, F.I.A., F.F.A. Actuary of the Britannic Assurance Company, Ltd. THIS Act, although dealing with a number of miscellaneous matters affecting industrial assurance ... read more >>

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Beard, R. E.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 152-163

On the coefficients in the expansion of [formula] and [formula]

152 ON THE COEFFICIENTS IN THE EXPANSION OF eet AND e-et BY R. E. BEARD, M.B.E., F.I.A., F.S.S. Assistant General Manager of the Pearl Assurance Company, Ltd. THIS investigation has arisen out of D. C. Fraser’s note on the Gompertz Table (J.I.A. ... read more >>

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Elderton, W. P.; Seal, H. L.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 168-171

Notes on foreign actuarial journals

168 NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. 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 Society of Actuaries, Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov. 1949 WE welcome the first number of the ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 284-287

Official publications

284 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 L I S T of recent official publications issued to the end of May 1950, containing ... read more >>

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Hymans, J. C. S.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 259-262

A note on generalized equations for sickness rates

259 A NOTE ON GENERALIZED EQUATIONS FOR SICKNESS RATES BY J. C. S. HYMANS, M.A., F.F.A., F.S.S. Consulting Actuary I N §§ 12 and 13 of the paper by R. C. B. Lane and the writer (J.I.A. Vol. LXXVI, pp. 87-116) the discussion was confined to the algebraic ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 288-306

Reviews III

288 REVIEWS Population Studies. [A quarterly journal published for the Population Investigation Committee by Cambridge University Press. 10S. per quarterly issue.] Population Studies, a quarterly journal of demography, edited by Prof. D. V. Glass, is ... read more >>

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Jecklin, H.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 253-258

Elementary generalizations upon Lidstone's approximation for two joint lives

253 ELEMENTARY GENERALIZATIONS UPON LIDSTONE'S APPROXIMATION FOR TWO JOINT LIVES BY HEINRICH JECKLIN, PH.D. Professor at the University of Zurich The following article is the completion of work that has been published by Dr Jecklin from time to time in ... read more >>

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Elderton, W. P.; Seal, H. L.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 281-283

Notes on foreign actuarial journals

28l NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (OSLO), F.I.A., F.F.A., AND H. L. SEAL, PH.D., B.Sc, F.F.A. FRANCE Bulletin Trimestriel de I'Institut des Actuaires Francais, No. 190, March 1950 J. LOISEL. Le credit mutuel et ... read more >>

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Glass, D. V.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 60-64

Graunt's life table

60 GRAUNT'S LIFE TABLE BY D. V. GLASS, PH.D. Professor of Sociology at the University of London (London School of Economics) Political arithmetic, or demography as we should now call it, was cradled in London where in 1662 a merchant, John Graunt ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 130-142

The mortality of annuitants: abstract of discussion

130 THE MORTALITY OF ANNUITANTS DISCUSSIONS on the mortality of annuitants took place at the Institute on 27 February 1950, and at the Faculty of Actuaries on 20 March 1950. The subject was discussed with particular reference to the note entitled ... read more >>

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Elderton, W. P.; Seal, H. L.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 281-283

Notes on foreign actuarial journals

28l NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D. (OSLO), F.I.A., F.F.A., AND H. L. SEAL, PH.D., B.Sc, F.F.A. FRANCE Bulletin Trimestriel de I'Institut des Actuaires Francais, No. 190, March 1950 J. LOISEL. Le credit mutuel et ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1950) 76: 38-59

Report of the Royal Commission on Population: abstract of the discussion

38 REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON POPULATION T H E following is an abstract of a discussion which took place at the Institute on 5 December 1949: The President (Sir George Maddex, K.B.E.) said that their business that evening was to discuss the ... read more >>