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The Statutory Duties of the Actuary. Version 1.1
Faculty and Institute of Actuaries Statutory Duties SD v1.1 ([1968-1969]) II. THE INSTITUTE 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 ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 1-5
The Medals and Prizes Book
1 THE MEDALS AND PRIZES BOOK Habent sua fata libelli IT is not easy to judge how far scientific endeavour is encouraged by the prospect of enhancing personal reputation. There have certainly been occasions in the past when developments of actuarial ... read more >>
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- Beard, R E
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 271-277
On the compilation of non-life insurance statistics
One of the most troublesome features of most classes of non-life insurance in many countries in recent years has been the deterioration in experience. Another way of expressing this fact is to say that premium rates have been lagging behind experience so ... read more >>
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- Pain, R H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 131-133
Notes on the Financial Times Actuaries Index
131 NOTES ON THE FINANCIAL TIMES— ACTUARIES INDEX BY R. H. PAIN, F.I.A., F.S.S. 1. Continuous review of constituents During 1966 a further number of companies have been included amongst the con- stituents of the Index in order to replace companies ... read more >>
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- McLellan, H W
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 455-457
Pension planning, by Joseph J. Melone and Everett T. Allen (Review)
455 REVIEW Pension Planning. BY J O S E P H J . MELONE and EVERETT T. ALLEN, J R . [Pp. ix+404, Richard D . Irwin Inc. Homewood, Illinois, 1966. $ 8 . ] THIS book is addressed to small and medium size employers. It is written in ... read more >>
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- Institute of Actuaries Students' Society
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1967) 18(2): 180-187
Report and accounts, 1965-1966
THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES STUDENTS' SOCIETY: REPORT AND ACCOUNTS Report by the Committee for the Session 1965-66 The total number of members on 30 June 1966 was 1,336. For the last five years the numbers have been as follows: On 30 ... read more >>
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- Beard, R E
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 271-277
On the compilation of non-life insurance statistics
One of the most troublesome features of most classes of non-life insurance in many countries in recent years has been the deterioration in experience. Another way of expressing this fact is to say that premium rates have been lagging behind experience so ... read more >>
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- Worger, H O
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 279-295
On finding the rate of interest of an annuity certain
There have been many attempts to produce methods of determining i by processes involving the expansion of or of some function of in terms of n and i. The methods set out in this note are the author’s attempts to produce more accurate methods than ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 453-454
Sturgeon, Robert Wallace; and Read, Ewart Kingsley (Memoirs)
453 MEMOIRS ROBERT WALLACE STURGEON ROBERT WALLACE STURGEON died on 20 August 1966, aged 17. He became a Fellow of the Institute in 1915, served on the Council for 13 years between 1933 and 1947, and was a Vice-President from 1942 to 1946. For ... read more >>
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- Daykin, J F
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 119-129
A note on the application of the doctrine of hotchpot
Hotchpot is an accounting device used in cases where a testator has made, or contemplates making, large advances to individual beneficiaries, but does not wish these advances to alter the proportions in which he desires his estate to be ultimately enjoyed. ... 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] (1967) 93: 445-448
Notes on other actuarial journals
445 NOTES O N 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 ... read more >>
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- Ammeter, H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 79-90
The natural and mechanical methods of assessing solvency reserves in life assurance
The Finance Act, 1965 (which will be referred to in this paper as ‘the Act’) introduced two major changes into the United Kingdom system of taxation: firstly, it introduced a corporation tax applicable to company profits in place of the income ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 151-160
Reviews
151 REVIEWS Social and Economic Factors affecting Mortality. BY B. BENJAMIN [Pp. x+ 88. Mouton & Co., The Hague and Paris, 1965.24s. 6d.] IN 1950 there was established, with the support of UNESCO, an International Com- mittee for Social Sciences ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 135
Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries. Vol 29, Part 4 (222), 1966
135 NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES Vol. 29, Part 4 (No. 222), 1966 ROBERTSON, E. S. Distribution of Surplus under a With-Profit Group Bonus System, pp. 329–76. The paper describes a with-profit group bonus system similar to a ... read more >>
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- Dyson, E J W; Johnson, P D; Johnston, E A; Taylor, P A; Thwaites, A L
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 449-452
Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest
449 ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BY E . J . W . D Y S O N , M.A., F.I.A., P. D . J O H N S O N , M.A., F.I.A., E . A. J O H N S T O N , F.I.A., P. A. TAYLOR, B.Sc., F.I.A., AND A. ... 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] (1967) 93: 137-142
Notes on other actuarial journals
137 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. ARGENTINE Anales de1 Instituto Actuarial Argentino, 6, 1965 This issue is ... read more >>
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- Karpin, H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 297-309
Simple algebraic formulae for estimating the rate of interest
297 SIMPLE ALGEBRAIC FORMULAE FOR ESTIMATING THE RATE OF INTEREST BY H . KARPIN, A.S.T.C. (SC.), A.A.S.A., A.I.A. THE problem of estimating the r a t e of interest in a given transaction is a common one. Various alternatives to the ... read more >>
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- Penman, W
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 147-150
Jarvis, Sydney Harry (Memoir)
147 MEMOIR SYDNEY HARRY JARVIS SYDNEY HARRY JARVIS, Assistant Secretary to the Institute of Actuaries from 1902 until his retirement in September 1939, died on 3 November 1966. A rough analysis of the membership of the Institute, as listed in the ... read more >>
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- Cox, P R
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 319-320
The complete guide to pensions and superannuation, by G. D. Gilling-Smith (Review)
319 REVIEW The Complete Guide to Pensions and Superannuation. BY G . D . GILLING-SMITH. [Pp. 480. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 10s. 6d.] RUMOUR has it that some Government dockyard workers, whom it was necessary to inform a s to ... read more >>
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- Johnson, P D; Johnston, E A; Taylor, P A; Thwaites, A L
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1967) 93: 143-145
Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest
143 ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BY P. D. JOHNSON, M.A., F.I.A., E. A. JOHNSTON, F.I.A., P. A. TAYLOR, B.Sc., F.I.A., AND A. L. THWAITES, F.I.A. STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING No. 12, June 1966 This issue includes a summary ... read more >>