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Advice on Professional Conduct (APC). Version 4.1
Faculty and Institute of Actuaries Advice on Professional Conduct APC 4.1 (01.01.90) InstituteofActuaries Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London WCIV 7QJ. Telephone 01-242 0106. Fax No. 01-405 2482 Telegraphic Address Actinst London WCI January 1990 Dear ... read more >>
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Victor Thompson (Memoir)
MEMOIR VICTOR THOMPSON VIC THOMPSON was born in September 1910 in Norsewood, New Zealand and was sent to boarding school where he performed well becoming Dux and Head Prefect. In 1929 Vic joined the Lands and Survey Department as a cadet and studied ... read more >>
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Papers presented to the Staple Inn Actuarial Society and to provincial actuarial societies, 1989-90
PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE STAPLE INN ACTUARIAL SOCIETY AND TO PROVINCIAL ACTUARIAL SOCIETIES: 1989–90 FKANKLAND, R. HARSANT, J. D. GREENWOOD, P. M. and REYNOLDS, M. O’BRIEN, C. D. DASH, A. C. and GRIMSHAW, D. L. BANNON, J. P. LOCKYER, P. R. ... read more >>
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Notes on the Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries
NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES 40,4 (No. 273), 1989 PLYMEN, J. The Actuarial Background to Investment Policy. Traces investment indices and their values, expected yields, equity performance, dividends and the effect of ... read more >>
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The individual risk model: a compound distribution
The two approaches to modelling aggregate claims—the individual and the collective models—have been regarded as arising by considering a portfolio of policies in different ways. The individual risk model (IRM) is derived by considering the ... read more >>
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Mortality differences between smokers and non-smokers - a reply to Benjamin and Michaelson
The purpose of this brief note is to comment on the methodology used by Benjamin and Michaelson in their estimation of the expectations of life for non-smokers and smokers and the differences between these expectations of life. MORTALITY D I F F E R E N C ... read more >>
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The recent trend of mortality in Great Britain
This note continues a regular series on mortality rates in Great Britain. Following the 1981 Census, estimates of the resident population have been produced on a new definition. This includes residents temporarily outside the country but excludes foreign ... read more >>
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Corrigendum. JIA 115 part 4
CORRIGENDUM J.I.A. 115, Part IV P a g e 712, Table 2, the last t h r e e lines should read: Year 1982 1983 1984 Males Females Original basis New basis Original basis New basis 202 45 162 52 122 34 140 52 197 44 160 52 121 34 140 52 ... read more >>
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Corrigendum. JIA 115 part 4
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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Papers presented to the Staple Inn Actuarial Society and to provincial actuarial societies
PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE STAPLE INN ACTUARIAL SOCIETY AND TO PROVINCIAL ACTUARIAL SOCIETIES: SHORT, E. GILLETT, H. A. A. TURNER, M. E. CARROLL, P. S. and TOMPKINS, P. D. G. WEBBER, J. M. WILKINSON, R. C. BODIE, N. D. V. WOODS, I. W. BUDD, G. V. ... read more >>
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Reviews
REVIEWS Population Statistics: A Review of Sources. By BERNARD BENJAMIN. Gower Publishing Company, 1989. Professor Benjamin shows his wide knowledge in the contents of this book, and provides the fruits of a long experience as an author in the good ... read more >>
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Notes on the Financial Times-Actuaries Equity Share Indices in 1988
NOTES ON THE FINANCIAL TIMES-ACTUARIES EQUITY SHARE INDICES IN 1988 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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Applications of Mathematics in Insurance, Finance and Actuarial Work, 6-7 July 1989
APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS IN INSURANCE, FINANCE AND ACTUARIAL WORK, 6-7 JULY 1989 This joint seminar was sponsored by the Institute, the Faculty, and The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. The day-and-a-half meeting took place at Staple ... read more >>
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Discussion on the report by the Occupational Pensions Board on protecting pensions: Safeguarding benefits in a changing environment - Cm 573
751 DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT BY THE OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS BOARD ON PROTECTING PENSIONS — SAFEGUARDING BENEFITS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT — Cm573 Mr A. E. Miller, introducing the discussion, said:—May I start by congratulating the authors of this ... read more >>
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Notes on the Financial Times-Actuaries Equity Share Indices in 1987
74 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 ... read more >>
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Corrigendum, TFA 41, part 2
772 CORRIGENDUM T.F.A. 41, PART 2 The following section of print should be deleted: From 6.3 Private Insurance (Page 299, line 39) to 6.3 (b) (Page 301, line 13) inclusive. ... read more >>
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Dow, James Bremner (Obituary)
89 OBITUARY JAMES BREMNER Dow, MA, BA, FFA James Bremner Dow died on 8th August 1987 in his 82nd year. He was honoured, admired and respected by all his colleagues for his business and professional achievements. Above all, however, it was his fine ... read more >>
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Reviews
J.I.A. 118, I, 189 ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST POPULATION 45, 2 CASELLI, G. & ENZO, L. Graphiques e t analyse démographique: quelques éléments d’histoire e t d’actualité. In 1669, Huygens plotted the survival ... read more >>
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Papers presented to the Staple Inn Actuarial Society and to provincial actuarial societies
ARTICLES, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST BIRTH STATISTICS 1979 (OPCS Series FM 1 No. 6) Analyses births by season, age of parents, number of previous liveborn children, duration of marriage, area of usual residence, place of ... read more >>
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Notes on capital theory: a comment on the economic basis of interest rates
In a recent article in this Journal, Professor Wilkie gave an account of the determination of the rate of interest in a Fisher–Hirshleifer model. In his analysis of a production economy, he appeared to take as intuitively reasonable, not to say ... read more >>