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General Insurance Study Group
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General Insurance Convention 1974

Technical reserves in non-life insurance (1974)

The purpose of this note is to stimulate and guide a discussion scheduled to last for three hours. Its aim, therefore, is to pose questions rather than to answer them; to be provocative rather than diplomatic. I assume a knowledge of the formulae ... read more >>

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The Statutory Duties of the Actuary. Version 3.0

Faculty and Institute of Actuaries Statutory Duties SD v3.0 ([1974-1975]) THE ACTUARY AND THE PUBLIC There is a number of problems, such as those arising in connexion with the setting up or operation of pension schemes, or those involved in the valuation ... read more >>

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Phelim Boyle
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1974) 101: 103-107

Notes on the variance of a widow's pension

NOTE ON THE VARIANCE OF A WIDOW’S PENSION BY P. P. BOYLE, PH.D., F.I.A., F.C.I.A. 1. INTRODUCTION POLLARD AND POLLARD have considered a stochastic approach to certain actuarial problems. In their notation denotes the random variable whose expected ... read more >>

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Oliver Tattersall
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1974) 101: 131-132

The Penguin guide to insurance, by George Willman (Book review)

REVIEWS The Penguin Guide to Insurance. By GEORGE WILLMAN. [Pp. 250. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1973. 40 pence] ‘THIS book is a layman’s practical guide to his own insurance.’ The author concentrates on presenting the current situation in the ... read more >>

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Frederick Lloyd
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1974) 101: 131-132

Risk in business decision, by Peter G Moore (Book review)

REVIEWS The Penguin Guide to Insurance. By GEORGE WILLMAN. [Pp. 250. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1973. 40 pence] ‘THIS book is a layman’s practical guide to his own insurance.’ The author concentrates on presenting the current situation in the ... read more >>

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John Peers
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1974) 101: 131-132

Actuarial valuations of interests in settled property, by C O Beard and J H Prevett (Book review)

REVIEWS The Penguin Guide to Insurance. By GEORGE WILLMAN. [Pp. 250. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1973. 40 pence] ‘THIS book is a layman’s practical guide to his own insurance.’ The author concentrates on presenting the current situation in the ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1974) 101: 435-436

Notes on other actuarial journals (1974)

NOTES ON OTHER ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY J . HAMILTON-JONES, M.A., F.I.A., F. W. ESCHRICH, F.I.A., J . A. MANSOOR, B.COM., F.I.A. AND T. GRIMES, B.Sc., F.I.A. FRANCE Bulletin Trimestriel de I’Institut des Actuaires Français, 84, 1973 BÉBÉAR, C. ... read more >>

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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1971-1973) 33: 302-304

Notes on the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. 98

302 NOTES ON THE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES VOL. 98, PART I, No. 409 (1972) State and Occupational Pension Provision. Abstract of a discussion opened by E. F. ROGERS (pp. 1-16). J. Hamilton-Jones, M.A. Actuarial Aspects of Long-Term ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1973) 99: 307-309

Reviews

REVIEWS Mathematical Models for the Growth of Human Populations. BY J. H. POLLARD. [Pp. xii + 186. Cambridge University Press, 1973. £5.80.] Population Dynamics. Edited by T. N. E. GREVILLE. [Pp. ix + 445. Academic Press, London, 1972. £6.75.] THESE ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1973) 99: 95-100

Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest

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., C. A. HARRIS, F.I.A., R. G. JECKS, B.SC., F.I.A., E. A. JOHNSTON, F.I.A., J. PLYMEN, F.I.A. AND N. WILLIAMS, F.I.A. OPERATIONS ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1973) 99: 101-106

Reviews

101 THE RECENT TREND OF MORTALITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY W. S. HOCKING, O.B.E., F.I.A., of the Government Actuary’s Department IN continuation of the tables given in .I.A. Vol. LXXIV, pp. 345—349, corrected* central death-rates in age groups for ... read more >>

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McCutcheon, J J
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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1971-1973) 33: 350-368

Some problems relating to the construction of life tables (Actuarial note)

350 ACTUARIAL NOTE SOME PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE TABLES by J. J. McCUTCHEON, M.A., Ph.D., F.F.A. [Originally presented to the 1973 Harvard research conference, sponsored by the Harvard University Center for Population Studies ... read more >>

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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1971-1973) 33: 369-373

Notes on the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, vol. 99

369 NOTES ON THE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES VOL. 99, PART I, No. 412 (1973) Presidential Address (pp. 1-18) D. E. Fellows, F.I.A. Insured Group Pension Plans and Ancillary Benefits (pp. 19-67). Although many aspects of insured group ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1973) 99: 101-106

Reviews

REVIEWS Function and Analysis of Capital Market Rates. By JAMES C. VAN HORNE [Pp. x + 180. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970. £4.00] PROFESSOR MOORE, in his paper ‘Mathematical Models in Portfolio Selection’ (J.I.A., 1972, 98, 103) ... read more >>

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Loades, D. H.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1973) 20(3): 143-171

Some experiments with the emerging costs of a hypothetical pension fund

SOME EXPERIMENTS WITH THE EMERGING COSTS OF A HYPOTHETICAL PENSION FUND by D. H. LOADES {A paper discussed by the Society on 11 February 1972.) INTRODUCTION 1.1. In text-books concerned with the study of pension funds the space devoted to the calculation ... read more >>

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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1971-1973) 33: 110-111

Institute of Actuaries of Australia and New Zealand - Convention held in Rotorua, October 1971

110 Institute of Actuaries of INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Convention held in Rotorua, October 1971 The eighth convention of actuaries in Australia and New Zealand assembled in Rotorua on Tuesday, 5th October, and broke up at ... read more >>

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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1971-1973) 33: 305-306

The making of the actuarial profession in Scotland, 1815-1870, by Patricia A. Wilkie (Review)

MEMOIRS JULIAN ANTONY SEVERN LAMB TONY LAMB died as the result of an accident on 19 March 1973, at the age of 56. His business career was spent entirely in the insurance world, beginning in 1936. Career and actuarial studies were interrupted by six ... read more >>

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McCutcheon, J J; Nesbitt, C J
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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1971-1973) 33: 81-91

Further remarks on the basic mortality functions (Actuarial note)

81 ACTUARIAL NOTE FURTHER REMARKS ON THE BASIC MORTALITY FUNCTIONS by J. J. McCUTCHEON, M.A., Ph.D., F.F.A. and Professor C. J. NESBITT, M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A., A.I.A. §1. Introduction After a seminar at the University of Michigan in December 1971, ... read more >>

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Hamilton, J. M.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1973) 20(3): 216-232

The gilt-edged market revisited

THE GILT-EDGED MARKET REVISITED by J. M. HAMILTON, B.Sc. (Econ)., F. I. A. {Presented to the Birmingham Actuarial Society on 20 October 1971 and published with the kind permission of that Society) WHY GILTS? An investor who put £1,000 into 2\% Consols at ... read more >>

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Institute of Actuaries Students' Society
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students" Society [JSS] (1973) 20(3): 233-240

Report and accounts, 1971-1972

General Insurance Convention October 1994 Asset Liability Matching and Modelling Working Party: Alan Botterill (Chairman) David Ibeson 233 Insurance Convention 1994 General Introduction This Working Party was formed to make a start on identifying ... read more >>