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GN1: Actuaries and long-term insurance business. Version 1.2 [1979-1980]

This life insurance Guidance Note has been adopted by the Board for Actuarial Standards. The latest version is available on the <a href\="http://www.frc.org.uk/bas/actuarial/index.cfm" target\="external">BAS website</a>. Faculty and Institute ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1979) 106: 077-079

Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest (1979)

ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BY E. J. W. DYSON, M.A., F.I.A., M. D. MAY, M.A., F.I.A. AND D. F. RENN, Ph.D., F.I.A. BIOMETRIKA 64, 3 SEAL, H. L. Multiple decrements or competing risks Reviews the history of the actuarial ... read more >>

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William Bishop
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1980) 107: 093-096

UK & European share price behaviour: the evidence, by Paul Richards (Book review)

REVIEWS UK & European Share Price Behaviour: the Evidence, by PAUL H. RICHARDS [Kogan Page, 1979] Modern portfolio theory (as it is known in the United States) made its one actuarial appearance in Professor Moore’s paper “Mathematical Models in ... read more >>

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J Hymans
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1979) 107: 093-096

Pension schemes - a guide to principles and practice, by Michael Pilch and Victor Wood (Book review)

REVIEWS UK & European Share Price Behaviour: the Evidence, by PAUL H. RICHARDS [Kogan Page, 1979] Modern portfolio theory (as it is known in the United States) made its one actuarial appearance in Professor Moore’s paper “Mathematical Models in ... read more >>

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Charles Clarke
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1980) 107: 543-545

Policymaking for social security, by Martha Derthick (Book review)

REVIEWS Policymaking for Social Security. By MARTHA DERTHICK. [The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1979] This is a study of the politics of social security in the United States of America from its inception in 1935 under President ... read more >>

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Institute of Actuaries Students' Society
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1978) 22: 225-230

Report and accounts, 1976-1977

THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES STUDENTS' SOCIETY STAPLE INN HALL, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, WC1V 7QJ Report of the Committee presented at the Annual General Meeting on 7 October 1977 THE Committee submits its report on the work of the Society during the ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 107-114

Reviews

REVIEWS General Insurance. By B. BENJAMIN. [Heinemann, London 1977] ACTUARIES have been involved in classes of insurance business other than life assurance for many years as is evident from the various Journals and the Transactions of the ... read more >>

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Redington, F. M.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1978) 22: 45-63

More words and numbers

MORE WORDS AND NUMBERS by F. M. REDINGTON (Lecture given to the Society on 19 April 1977) I am always happy to be back where my Institute life started and I am grateful to your Committee for fitting me in at short notice. When you start to write, ideas ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 95-99

Notes on other actuarial journals

95 DETERMINATION OF YIELDS ON ANNUITIES-CERTAIN BY M. T. L. BIZLEY, F.I.A., F.S.S., F.I.S. THE well-known methods for determining the rate of interest, i, when the values of n and a are given, are expounded in Compound Interest and ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 367

Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries

NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES 36, 1 (No. 253), 1978 MACDONALD, R. E. Presidential Address. BOHMAN, H. Some Practical Problems Associated with Life Assurance in Sweden: a lecture. SHEDDEN, A. D. A Practical Approach to ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 373-375

Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest

ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BY E. J. W. DYSON, M.A., F.I.A., M. D. MAY, M.A., F.I.A. AND D. F. RENN, PH.D., F.I.A. JOURNAL. OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY A, 141. TOWNSEND, J. L. Smoking and Lung Cancer: a cohort data ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 114

Review notes

114 Correspondence REFERENCES TO W. MORGAN (To the Editors of the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries) DEAR S I R S , ( 1 ) William Morgan, F.R.S., 1750–1833. (2) Arthur Morgan, F.R.S., 1800–1870. (3) William Morgan, 1831–1897. In the index to ... read more >>

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Bennett, M. C.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1978) 22: 134-160

Models in motor insurance

MODELS IN MOTOR INSURANCE by M. C. BENNETT Models in motor insurance was one of the topics on which Notes were requested by the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society in 1973. As with others in the series, this Note is intended as a survey of existing ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 369-371

Notes on other actuarial journals

NOTES ON OTHER ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY J. HAMILTON-JONES, M.A., F.I.A., F. W. ESCHRICH, F.I.A., F. E. GUASCHI, F.I.A., AND D. F. RENN, PH.D., F.I.A. GERMANY Blätter der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Versicherungsmathematik, 13, 1978 ZIMMERMANN, R. E. ... read more >>

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Wilkie, A D
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 357-366

FT-Actuaries British Government Securities Indices 1977

F.T.-ACTUARIES BRITISH GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INDICES 1977 BY A. D. WILKIE, M.A., F.F.A., F.I.A. 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. The paper The F.T.-Actuaries Fixed Interest Indices (J.I.A., 105, 15 and T.F.A., 36, Part 3) gave details of the purpose and ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 197

Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries

GISG 1994 - Risk Management Facilitators: Gary Wells Craig Pettengell Stephen Townsend Costantinos Miranthis Risk management can be defined simply as the application of common sense to particular problems of risk. However, an alternative and ... read more >>

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Taylor, G. C.; Worcester, P. A.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1978) 22: 217-224

Concerning Hardy's method of performing a Makeham graduation

CONCERNING HARDY'S METHOD OF PERFORMING A MAKEHAM GRADUATION by G. C. TAYLOR and P. A. WORCESTER ABSTRACT SOME years ago G. F. Hardy proposed a method of performing a mortality graduation in accordance with Makeham's formula. This method is now well ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 205-207

Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest

ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BY E. J. W. DYSON, M.A., F.I.A., T. GRIMES, B.Sc., F.I.A., M. D. MAY, M.A., F.I.A. AND D. R. RENN, PH.D., F.I.A. BRITISH BOND RATINGS In December 1974 a study group of the Institute of ... read more >>

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1978) 105: 95-99

Notes on other actuarial journals

NOTES ON OTHER ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY J. HAMILTON-JONES,M.A., F.I.A., F. W. ESCHRICH, F.I.A., T. GRIMES, B.Sc., F.I.A., AND F. E. GUASCHI, F.I.A. BELGIUM Association Royale des Actuaires Belges, Bulletin 71, 1976 CHEETHAM, S. J., et al. Some ... read more >>

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Ferguson, D. G. R.
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students" Society [JSS] (1978) 22: 1-44

Life office solvency and insolvency

LIFE OFFICE SOLVENCY AND INSOLVENCY by D. G. R.FERGUSON (A paper discussed by the Society on 21 December 1976) it is quite impracticable to devise an equitable mode of winding-up an insolvent life insurance company (5). A company being found to be ... read more >>