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Davidson, Andrew Rutherford (Obituary)
469 OBITUARY ANDREW RUTHERFORD DAVIDSON (1890-1968) Andrew Rutherford Davidson qualified as a Fellow in 1915 and, after war service in the artillery, took up his first official appointment as Assistant Actuary of the Standard Life in 1920. This was ... read more >>
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Do investment theories really help?
DO INVESTMENT THEORIES REALLY HELP? by G. B. HEY (A paper discussed by the Society on 24 November 1967 and published by kind permission of the Manchester Actuarial Society) 'You cannot plan the future by the past'—BURKE LAST year the Manchester Actuarial ... read more >>
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Extent of private pension provision: Working Party report
In 1962 the Councils of the Faculty of Actuaries and Institute of Actuaries instituted a series of annual statistical inquiries into the scope of private pension provision. These cover both privately invested and insured schemes. 390 EXTENT OF PRIVATE ... read more >>
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The Institute of Actuaries of Australia and New Zealand - Canberra Convention, October 1967
466 THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND CANBERRA CONVENTION OCTOBER 1967 [Submitted by A. W. R. Wheatley, F.I.A., A.S.A.] Only on rare occasions does snow fall in the City of Canberra itself, though snow on the surrounding hills ... read more >>
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The money market
THE MONEY MARKET by P. W. PARKER {Presented to the Manchester Actuarial Society on 17 January 1968 and published with the kind permission of that Society) I USE the expression 'money market' to describe those institutions in the City of London who are ... read more >>
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Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries
CORRESPONDENCE The Editor, T.F.A. Dear Sir, 28 ST. ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH, 2. 2nd June 1959. With reference to my letter of 12th January 1959 (T.F.A., Volume 26, page 132) the Table herewith gives percentages invested in various classes of ... read more >>
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Continuous mortality investigation: Mortality of immediate annuitants 1949-1964: experience at durations 0-4
81 CONTINUOUS MORTALITY INVESTIGATION MORTALITY OF IMMEDIATE ANNUITANTS 1949-64 EXPERIENCE AT DURATIONS 0-4 In the recent report on the experience in the annuitants’ investiga- tion for the four years 1959-62 (T.F.A. vol. 29, p. 223 and J.I.A. ... read more >>
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Motor insurance statistics
MOTOR INSURANCE STATISTICS by H. H. SCURFIELD (A paper discussed by the Society on 16 February 1968) I INTRODUCTION THE object of this paper is to look at some of the practical problems which have to be faced in an analysis of motor insurance statistics ... read more >>
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Actuarial aspects of motor insurance
ACTUARIAL ASPECTS OF MOTOR INSURANCE by P. D. JOHNSON (A paper discussed by the Society on 4 November 1966) 'Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises'—SAMUEL BUTLER INTRODUCTION IN the United Kingdom the customary ... read more >>
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The recent trend of mortality in Great Britain
In continuation of the tables given in JIA 93, central death-rates for Great Britain in the year 1967 and the ratio of those rates to the corresponding rates for the years 1960–62 taken as a standard are shown in Table 1. In calculating the ... read more >>
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Reviews
THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES STUDENTS' SOCIETY: REPORT AND ACCOUNTS Report by the Committee for the Session 1962-63 T H E membership of the Society on 30 June 1963 was as follows: Fellows Associates Students Total 827 157 206 1190 Eleven meetings were ... read more >>
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Institute of Actuaries of Australia and New Zealand. Convention held in Canberra, October 1967
255 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 February 1952, containing ... read more >>
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Presentation of Institute Gold Medal to Frank Mitchell Redington
345 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS [The appearance of a publication in the following list does not imply that a formal review ill not appear in the JOURNAL.] ANNOTATED LIST of recent official publications issued to the end of May 1953, containing statistics ... read more >>
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Phillips, William; and Davidson, Andrew Rutherford (Memoirs)
2 6 9 MEMOIRS WILLIAM PHILLIPS THE c a r e e r of B i l l P h i l l i p s , a s he w a s widely known in Institute c i r c l e s , who died on 7 M a r c h , 1 9 6 8 a t ... read more >>
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Reviews
273 REVIEWS The Art and Practice of Investment. BY WILLIAM G. NURSAW. [ 2 n d Edition. P p . 1 5 5 . Hutchinson, London, 1 9 6 7 . 3 5 s . ] THE first edition of this book appeared in 1963 and the second edition which is ... read more >>
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Notes on the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. 93 part 3
465 NOTES ON THE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES VOL. 93, PART III. No. 396 (1968) Moore, P.G. Operational Research in Business, pp. 323-385. Opera- tional Research has become part of the established range of management services available to ... read more >>
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Notes on the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. 93 parts 1 and 2
386 NOTES ON THE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES VOL. 93, PART I. No. 394 (1967) The Medals and Prizes Book, pp. 1-5. Presentation of Institute Silver Medal to Mr. Maurice Edward Ogborn, pp. 7-9. Benjamin, B. Presidential Address, pp. 11-24. ... read more >>
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Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest
391 ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BY J. E. AGER, B.Sc., F.I.A., E. J. W. DYSON, M.A., F.I.A., R. G. JECKS, B.Sc., F.I.A., E. A. JOHNSTON, F.I.A., J. PLYMEN, F.I.A., D. F. RENN, F.I.A., AND N. WILLIAMS, F.I.A. OPERATIONS ... read more >>
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The Insurance Hall of Fame: The late Dr Arthur Hunter
472 THE INSURANCE HALL OF FAME THE LATE Dr. ARTHUR HUNTER An obituary notice appeared in T.F.A. vol. 28, p. 456. On 19th March 1968 at Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Hunter was posthumously inducted into The Insurance Hall of Fame. A copy of the citation ... read more >>
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Notes on other actuarial journals
113 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, 78, 1967 ... read more >>