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- Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1984-1986) 39: 421-425
Reviews
421 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 L I S T of recent official publications issued to the end of September 1939, containing ... read more >>
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- Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1984-1986) 39: 143-144
Actuarial evidence, by Donald R. Anderson (Review)
143 REVIEW Actuarial Evidence by DONALD R. ANDERSON (Carswell Legal Publications, Toronto, Canada, 1983) With the publication by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office of Actuarial Tables with explanatory notes for use in Personal Injury and Fatal ... read more >>
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- Ramsay, C M
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 499-508
The optimality of the net single premium in life insurance
THE OPTIMALITY OF THE NET SINGLE PREMIUM IN LIFE INSURANCE BY COLIN M. RAMSAY PH.D., A.S.A.* ( o f the Department o f Actuarial Science in the University o f Nebraska—Lincoln) INTRODUCTION VADIVELOO e t al ( 1 9 3 2 ) ... read more >>
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- Brumwell, J C H
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- Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1984-1986) 39: 404-416
Notes on the Financial Times-Actuaries Equity Share Indices in 1984
404 NOTES ON THE FINANCIAL TIMES– ACTUARIES EQUITY SHARE INDICES IN 1984 by J. C. H. BRUMWELL, M.A., F.I.A. 1. Classification of Stork Exchange Securities by Industry The original classifications were set out in the 1970 note in this series (T.F.A. ... read more >>
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- Owen, R.; Shier, P. S.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1986) 29: 53-93
The actuary in damages cases - expert witness or court astrologer?
THE ACTUARY IN DAMAGES C A S E S - EXPERT WITNESS OR COURT ASTROLOGER? BY R. OWEN, B . S O C . S C , M . S C , F.I.A., F.S.S. & P. S. SHIER, B.A., M.Sc , F.I.A. (A paper presented to the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society on 5 ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 185
Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries
NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES 39, 3 (No. 268) 1986 FACULTY OF ACTUARIES WORKING PARTY REPORT: The Solvency of Life Assurance Companies. The brief was to investigate the criteria by which this should be assessed and to ... read more >>
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- Wilkie, A D
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- Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1984-1986) 39: 105-130
The calculation of 'real' investment returns
The rise in the general level of prices that has occurred in Britain at varying speeds over the last half century has caused many investments to appreciate considerably in money terms, but without this necessarily representing any increase in the ... read more >>
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- Lagden, J.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society [JSS] (1986) 29: 95-124
Marketing the actuarial profession
Scope of the Paper 1.1 THIS paper was born over a year ago in Autumn 1983 when I proposed a thorough discussion of the whole current image of the actuarial profession. 1.2. The reasons I gave then were: (a) There were a number of current debates ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 525-527
Reviews
REVIEWS A Ramble Through The Actuarial Countryside: The Collected Papers. Essays and Speeches of Frank Mitchell Redington, M.A. Edited by GARY CHAMBERLIN. M.A. (Published by the Institute of Actuaries Students’ Society.) In his introduction. the ... read more >>
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- Brumwell, J C H
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- Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries [TFA] (1984-1986) 39: 131-140
Notes on the Financial Times-Actuaries Equity Share Indices in 1983
131 NOTES ON OTHER ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR WILLIAM ELDERTON, K.B.E., PH.D.(OSLO), F.I.A. F.F.A., AND H. L. SEAL, B.Sc., PH.D., F.F.A. AMERICA Transactions of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 111, No. 5, March 1951 MYERS, R. J. The 1950 Amendment ... read more >>
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- Brumwell, J C H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 173-183
Notes on the Financial Times-Actuaries Equity Share Indices in 1985
NOTES ON THE FINANCIAL TIMES–ACTUARIES EQUITY SHARE INDICES IN 1985 BY J. C. H. BRUMWELL, M.A., F.I.A. 1. Classification of Stock Exchange Securities by Industry The original classifications were set out in the 1970 note in this series (J.I.A. 97, ... read more >>
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- Daw, R H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 103-149
A statistical study of the variability of sickness data
It is the purpose of this paper to study the variations in the Sickness Experience of 1972–75 for individual PHI policies (CMIR 4) for male lives. The data for female lives are too small for this. An attempt is made to get some idea of the ... read more >>
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- Taylor, G C
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 61-101
Determination of the rate of investment return for the discounting of general insurance outstanding claims
The paper concerns the situation in which an evaluation of outstanding claims is discounted, in anticipation of investment return earned by the funds supporting that liability. Factors bearing upon the choice of an appropriate rate of return to be assumed ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 194
Corrigendum. JIA 112 part 3
CORRIGENDA J.I.A. 112, Part III P. 346, line 11; for ‘national logarithms’ read ‘natural logarithms’. P. 422, line 14: the guest was Mr A. J. Cadge (not Cade). 194 ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 529
Corrigendum. JIA 113 part 1
CORRIGENDA J.I.A. 113, Part I P. 4, penultimate line: for ‘Truckell’ read ‘Truckle’. P. 5, line 3: for ‘Truckell’ read ‘Truckle’. P. 8, line 14: for ‘Role’ read ‘Roll’. P. 53, line 17: delete the reference to J.I.A. 112, 305—the discussion on 16 ... read more >>
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- Benjamin, B
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 167-172
Smoking and mortality - a postscript
SMOKING AND MORTALITY—A POSTSCRIPT PROFESSOR BERNARD BENJAMIN Ph.D., D.Sc., F.I.A. In an earlier paper (Benjamin, 1981) on the subject of cigarette smoking and mortality, statistics from a number of national prospective studies were brought together. ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 189-190
Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest
MEMOIR ARTHUR HERBERT SHREWSBURY ARTHUR HERBERT SHREWSBURY died on 7 October 1972, at the age of 75. Born on 2 August 1897, he was educated at The John Lyon School, Harrow, where he was regarded by his mathematics master—subsequently Head Master for ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 195-196
Tyler, Victor William; and Marples, William Frank (Memoirs)
195 “THE WEALTH OF NATIONS ” BICENTENARY The bicentenary of the publication of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith was celebrated at Glasgow University in April 1976 by a Conference sponsored by the University in association with the Royal Economic ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 521-524
Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest
ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST JOURNAL OF ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY, SERIES A—VOLUME 149–PART I Liver Cirrhosis i n England and Wales Compared to Scotland: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis 1941— 1981 by. J. C. Duffy, R. W. ... read more >>
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- Beenstock, M; Brasse, V
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1986) 113: 151-166
Using options to price maturity guarantees
USING OPTIONS TO PRICE MATURITY GUARANTEES BY MICHAEL BEENSTOCK M.Sc, Ph.D. AND VALERIE BRASSE M.Sc., Ph.D. (Of the City University Business School) 1. INTRODUCTION THE discussion on Maturity Guarantees, as applied to unit linked life assurance ... read more >>