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The Statutory Duties of the Actuary. Version 1.0
Faculty and Institute of Actuaries Statutory Duties SD v1.0 ([1964-1965]) THE STATUTORY DUTIES OF THE ACTUARY THE following is a list of the main functions entrusted to the actuarial profession by public Acts of Parliament of Great Britain. In addition, ... read more >>
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- Barnett, H. A. R.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1963) 17(2): 176-183
In search of a formula
IN SEARCH OF A FORMULA by H.A. R. BARNETT IN October 1961, the author wrote the editors a letter which was subsequently published (J.S.S. 16, 481) urging the submission of articles which were only germs of ideas. Part of what follows has arisen out of ... read more >>
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- Walker, R B
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 306-308
(Memoir)
305 MEMOIRS HAROLD HOSKING TAYLER HAROLD HOSKING TAYLER, a Vice-President of the Institute from 1946 to 1949, died on 11 September 1962 at the age of 73 after a six months’ progressive illness, borne with the philosophic fortitude that would have ... read more >>
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- Simmonds, R C
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 86-87
Rowland, Stanley Jackson (Memoir)
86 MEMOIR STANLEY JACKSON ROWLAND S. J. ROWLAND, who died aged 74 on 6 July 1962 at his delightful country home in Essex, hoped in his youth to become a surgeon but was destined to be an actuary. It may be that the profession has lost matter of ... read more >>
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- Institute of Actuaries Students' Society
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1963) 17(2): 189-193
Report and accounts, 1961-1962
THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES STUDENTS' SOCIETY: REPORT AND ACCOUNTS Report by the Committee for the Session 1961-62 T H E membership of the Society on 30 June 1962 was as follows: Fellows Associates Students Total 784 164 213 1161 Twelve meetings were ... read more >>
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- Benjamin, B
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 66-70
Tercentenary of John Graunt"s "Natural and Political Observations": the Royal Society meetings
On the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary of the publication of John Graunt’s ‘Natural and Political Observations made upon the Bills of Mortality’, the Royal Society organized a meeting on 15 and 16 November 1962, to discuss a ... read more >>
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- Vaughan, H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 267-270
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia and New Zealand
267 THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BY HUBERT VAUGHAN, F.I.A. THE Institute of Actuaries of Australia and New Zealand was incor- porated in Sydney in May 1963 as a Company Limited by Guarantee in terms of the New South Wales ... read more >>
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- Seal, H L; Hamilton-Jones, J; Cornwall, C J
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 71-77
Notes on other actuarial journals
71 NOTES ON OTHER ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY H. L. SEAL, B.Sc., PH.D., F.F.A., A.I.A., A.S.A., J. HAMILTON-JONES, M.A., F.I.A., F.S.S., AND C. J. CORNWALL, M.A., F.I.A., F.S.S. FRANCE Bulletin de l’ Association des Actuaires Diplomés de l’ lnstitut de ... read more >>
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- Benjamin, S.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1963) 17(2): 93-153
Computers and actuarial science
COMPUTERS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE by S. BENJAMIN INTRODUCTION T H E purpose of this article is to explore the application of com- puters to actuarial science. It is frankly a propaganda attempt to counterbalance the emphasis on data-processing ... read more >>
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- Gadgil, G M
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 135-149
An investigation into the mortality experience of the Posts and Telegraphs Pensioners (India)
This investigation was made with a view to providing a basis for the present values payable to Government pensioners on commutation of pensions. SOME RESULTS ON THE GOMPERTZ AND HELIGMAN AND POLLARD LAWS OF MORTALITY BY A. R. THATCHER, C.B., M.A., ... read more >>
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- Westcott, J A
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 156
Reitchel, Julius (Memoir)
156 MEMOIR JULIUS RIETCHEL JULIUS RIETCHEL died suddenly at the age of 85 on 22 January 1963 at Wad- hurst, Sussex, where he had lived since his retirement. He joined the Sun of India in February 1893 and was transferred with that office to the Sun ... read more >>
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- Corby, F. B.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1963) 17(2): 154-175
Some recent developments of actuarial interest in Africa
SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST IN AFRICA by F. B. CORBY (A paper discussed by the Society on 30 November 1962) I N February 1957, R. G. Mallett presented a paper on behalf of four South African actuaries entitled 'The Actuary in ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 296
Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries
296 NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES Vol. 28, PART I (No. 211), 1962 HAYNES, A. T. Presidential Address, pp. 1–17. The President considered the relative importance of the assumptions which the actuary has to make, and ... read more >>
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- Benjamin, B; Haycocks, H W; Johnson, P D; Thwaites, A L
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 152-155
Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest
152 ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BY B. BENJAMIN, PH.D, F.I.A., F.S.S., H. W. HAYCOCKS, B.Sc. (ECON.), F.I.A., P. D. JOHNSON, M.A., F.I.A., AND A. L. THWAITES, F.I.A. ANNALS OF LIFE INSURANCE MHDICINE 1962. Volume I ... read more >>
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- Martin, L V
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 289-293
The recent trend of mortality in Great Britain
In continuation of the tables given in JIA 88, central death-rates in age-groups for males and females separately in the year 1962, and the ratios of these death-rates to the corresponding rates for the years 1950–52 taken as the standard, are shown ... read more >>
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- Seal, H L; Hamilton-Jones, J; Cornwall, C J
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 150-151
Notes on other actuarial journals
150 NOTES ON OTHER ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY H. L. SEAL, B.Sc., PH.D., F.F.A., A.I.A., A.S.A., J. HAMILTON-JONES, M.A., F.I.A., F.S.S. AND C. J. CORNWALL, M.A., F.I.A., F.S.S. FRANCE Bulletin Trimestriel de l’Institut des Actuaires Français, 73, 1962 ... read more >>
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- Lodde, A L
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 294-295
Godfrey v. Britannic Assurance Company Ltd (Legal note)
Repudiation of contract of life assurance for non-disclosure of all material facts. 294 LEGAL NOTE BY A.L. LODDE, LL. B. Barrister-at-Law Godfrey v. Britannic Assurance Company Limited Repudiation of contract of life assurance for non-disclosure of ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 309-317
Reviews
309 REVIEWS Introduction to Statistical Inference. By E. S. KEEPING. [Pp. xi + 451. London. D . Van Nostrand Company Inc. 1962. 66s.] IN a s much a s the drawing o f conclusions from quantitative d a t a is statistical inference, ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students" Society [JSS] (1963) 17(2): 185-188
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE The Joint Editors The Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society, 14 December 1962 Dear Sirs, Since the publication of my letter in J.S.S. 16, 6, my attention has been drawn to two papers in the Transactions of the Society ... read more >>
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- Seal, H L; Hamilton-Jones, J; Cornwall, C J
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1963) 89: 297-300
Notes on other actuarial journals
297 NOTES ON OTHER ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY H. L. SEAL, B.Sc., PH.D., F.F.A., A.I.A., A.S.A., J. HAMILTON-JONES, M.A., F.I.A., F.S.S., AND C. J. CORNWALL, M.A., F.I.A., F.S.S. FRANCE Bulletin Trimestriel de l’Institut des Actuaires Français, 74, 1963 ... read more >>