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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1989) 116: 191-191
Corrigendum JIA 115 part 3
CORRIGENDA J.I.A. 115, Part III p. 388, line 6: add ‘not’, so that the sentence becomes: That is not necessarily a bad thing. CONTENTS REVIEW: The author of the book is PROFESSOR G. S. DIWAN. This also needs alteration in CONTENTS OF VOLUME 115 at ... read more >>
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- Haberman, S
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 271-298
Measuring relative mortality experience
A common method of measuring relative mortality experience in actuarial, demographic and epidemiological studies is by way of comparison of the actual number of deaths and the number expected if a given standard experience were applicable. The properties ... read more >>
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- Brumwell, J C H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 333-343
Notes on the Financial Times-Actuaries Equity Share Indices in 1987
NOTES ON THE FINANCIAL TIMES-ACTUARIES EQUITY SHARE INDICES IN 1987 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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- Daykin, C D
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 545-550
The recent trend of mortality in Great Britain
This note continues a regular series on mortality rates in Great Britain; the previous note in the series appeared in JIA 114 and dealt with mortality in 1984 and 1985. THE RECENT TREND OF MORTALITY IN GREAT BRITAIN BY C. D. DAYKIN, M.A., F.I.A., F.S.S. ... read more >>
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- Franklin, N. A. M.; Lee, W. E.
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- Journal of the Staple Inn Actuarial Society [JSS] (1988) 31: 89-125
Demutualization
DEMUTUALIZATION BY N. A. M. FRANKLIN, B . S C , F.F.A. AND W. E. LEE, M.A. A.I.A. (A paper presented in its original form to the Society on 14 April 1987) 1. INTRODUCTION As far as we are aware there have been no life insurance demutualizations ... read more >>
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- Rodger Scadden
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 552
Gratuity valuations, by G. S. Diwan (Review)
REVIEW Gratuity Valuations. By Professor G. S. DIWAN. [Actuarial Society of India] This book has been presented to the Institute by The Actuarial Society of India. Professor G. S. Diwan was an advocate of the introduction of an Indian actuarial ... read more >>
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- Haberman, S; Bloomfield, D S F
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 495-517
Social class differences in mortality in Great Britain around 1981
The Decennial Supplement on Occupational Mortality published in 1978 commented on mortality differences between the social classes using data from the 1971 Census and the deaths in the period 1970–72. The analysis was based on life tables prepared ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 857
Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries
NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES 39, 4 (No. 269), 1987 Pensions Issues: A Discussion MARSHALL, J. B. Investment Facts and Fancies. Suggests, inter alia, that many of the unsatisfactory features of the present investment scene ... read more >>
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- Boyd, A. V.
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- Journal of the Staple Inn Actuarial Society [JSS] (1988) 31: 151-158
Fitting the truncated Pareto distribution to loss distributions
FITTING THE TRUNCATED PARETO DISTRIBUTION TO LOSS DISTRIBUTIONS BY ALBERT V. BOYD 1. INTRODUCTION HOGG AND KLUGMAN (1) use the truncated Pareto distribution with probability density function where 6 > 0 is specified and a > 0 and A > 0 are ... read more >>
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- Burns, M J
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 553-554
Kirton, Robert James (Memoir)
MEMOIR ROBERT JAMES KIRTON ROBERT JAMES KIRTON was born on 13 July 1901. He was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, and then joined Scottish Widows as an actuarial student. He qualified as a Fellow of the Institute in 1930 ... read more >>
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- Daykin, C D; Clark, P N S; Eves, M J; Haberman, S; Le Grys, D J; Lockyer, J; Michaelson, R W; Wilkie, A D
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 727-837
The impact of HIV infection and AIDS on insurance in the United Kingdom
This Report is intended to consolidate the material already made available to the profession in the first three AIDS Bulletins, as a more permanent record of the first phase of activity of the AIDS Working Party, and to provide some supplementary material ... read more >>
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- Daw, R H
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 721-725
The improving accuracy of the basic data and the exposed to risk of the English life tables (Updated to ELT No 14)
The publication last year of the English Life Table No. 14 enables my earlier paper (Daw, 1982) to be extended to include the latest table. THE IMPROVING ACCURACY OF THE BASIC DATA AND THE EXPOSED TO RISK OF THE ENGLISH LIFE TABLES (UPDATED TO E.L.T. ... read more >>
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- Elliott, S. F.
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- Journal of the Staple Inn Actuarial Society [JSS] (1988) 31: 127-149
Some aspects of the statutory valuation
SOME ASPECTS OF THE STATUTORY VALUATION BY S. F. ELLIOTT B . S C , F.I.A. (A paper presented to the Bristol Actuarial Society on 19 March 1987) 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE burden of legislation upon authorized insurers in the U.K. continues to grow and ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 863
Corrigendum. JIA 115 part 2
CORRIGENDUM J.I.A. 115, Part II In the report of the Presentation of an Institute Finlaison Medal to Mr Gordon Terry Pepper it is regretted that two names were incorrectly reported. On page 153, line 10, the stockbroker referred to was Charles ... read more >>
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- Field, R J
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 347
Statistics, problems and solutions, by E. E. Bassett, J. T. Bremmer, I. T. Jolliffe, B. Jones, B. J. T. Morgan and P. M. North (Review)
REVIEW Statistics, Problems and Solutions. By E. E. BASSETT, J. M. BREMMER, I. T. JOLLIFFE, B. JONES, B. J. T. MORGAN & P. M. NORTH: (Edward Arnold). The authors of this book have set out to assist students of probability and statistics in the ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 855
Articles, papers and publications of actuarial interest
ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST POPULATION November–December 1987 BROUARD, N. Sida: durée d’incubation, taux de croissance, taux de reproduction nette. (AIDS: Incubation Period, Growth Rate, Net Reproduction Ratio.) Lotka's ... read more >>
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- Staple Inn Actuarial Society
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- Journal of the Staple Inn Actuarial Society [JSS] (1988) 31: 167-175
Report and accounts, 1986-1987
THE STAPLE INN ACTUARIAL SOCIETY STAPLE INN HALL, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON WC1V 7QJ Report of the Committee presented at the Annual General Meeting on 23 October 1987 The Committee submits its Report on the work of the Society during the seventy-seventh ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 348
Corrigendum. JIA 114 part 3
CORRIGENDA J.I.A., 114, Part II A Linear Approach To Loan and Valuation Problems. By A. BRACE, B.A. On page 395 in the Proof of Theorem 2 replace the first twelve lines by: Proof: Define the upper triangular k × k valuation matrix V to have entries ... read more >>
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- Renshaw, A E
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 299-315
Modelling excess mortality using GLIM
Attempts to incorporate regression-like models into life-table analysis would appear to have gone largely untried by the British actuarial profession. Essentially this is because in life insurance, data bases are large and the establishment view is that ... read more >>
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- Rickard, J A; Russell, A; Collins, B
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1988) 115: 317-332
The cocktail problem: the relationship between composite yield and component yields
When two or more independent or component loans are consolidated to form a single composite loan the result is often referred to as a cocktail loan. In this paper we analyse properties of a composite loan induced by properties of the component loans. Of ... read more >>