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Author:
Peter Allen
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General Insurance Convention 2000

ART [Alternative risk transfer]

Alternative Risk Transfer 27 October 2000 Peter Allen Head of Alternative Risk Transfer Lloyd’s What is ART? ART is an umbrella term for a range of products, other than conventional annual insurance or reinsurance, which handle financial risk. ... read more >>

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Peter Copeman
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Making mergers and acquisitions work

2000 General Insurance Convention Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work Peter Copeman 27 October 2000 Mergers and acquisitions What is driving M&A now? M&A Strategy and Change Management The Future Key Issues for Non-Life ... Industry ... read more >>

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Derek F B Newton; Kathy J Byrne; Katie Carmona; Ian Clark; Martin Cross; Peter H Hinton; Julian C T Leigh; Anthony H Silverman; Keith M Taylor; Michael H Tripp
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General Insurance Convention 2000

General insurance and the public interest

The actuarial profession has a duty to serve the public interest, a duty that it intends to fulfil. What it does in pursuit of that duty could affect all actuaries, including those working in general insurance. This report starts by considering and ... read more >>

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Richard A Rodriguez; Richard A Shaw; G Sean Laird; Richard H Bland; Graham Fulcher; Richard Kelsey
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Shareholder value measures in general insurance

Investors’ primary interest in a company is its ability to produce value to them in the future. Therefore, investors want information about a company’s potential for creating shareholder value. Value is created by enhancing a company’s prospects and ... read more >>

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Anders Brix; Herve J B Fagnoni; Joe C Monk; Justin M E Skinner
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Stochastic reserving [summary only]

2000 GENERAL INSURANCE CONVENTION 25-28 OCTOBER STOCHASTIC RESERVING WORKING PARTY 347 GIRO October 2000 Stochastin reserving working party Members: Anders Brix Herve Fagnoni (chairman) Joe Monk Justin skinner Summary: The working party has ... read more >>

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James B Orr; Peter D England; Robert G Cowell; Duncan Smith
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Bayesian networks and data mining [summary only]

2000 GENERAL INSURANCE CONVENTION 25-28 OCTOBER BAYESIAN NETWORKS AND DATA MINING Presenters: James OK, Dr Peter England, Dr Robert CowelI and Duncan Smith 117 Bayesian Networks and Data Mining James Orr, Dr Peter England, Dr Robert CowelI, Duncan ... read more >>

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Stephen R Walker
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Emerging oportunities in the credit derivative market [summary only]

2000 GENERAL INSURANCE CONVENTION 25-28 OCTOBER EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CREDIT DERIVATIVE MARKET Presenter Stephen Walker 175 Workshop Emerging Opportunities in the Credit Derivative Market, (A,W) Stephen Walker - GIRO 2000 Biramingham ... read more >>

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Lis R Gibson
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Reserving - best estimates and ranges

[slides] 2000 GENERAL INSURANCE CONVENTION 25-28 OCTOBER RESERVING - BEST ESTIMATES AND RANGES Presenter: Lis Gibson 185 Reserving Ranges and Best Estimates - 1 • What is a Best Estimate? Does it include margins for prudence? Does it include an ... read more >>

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Author:
John Charles
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Reserving standards

25 October 2000 John Charles Reserving Standards Professional Issues * Overview Professional Issues affecting: Advice to a UK general insurance company on its reserves for financial reporting Professional Guidance Summary * Company Reserves Issues to be ... read more >>

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General Insurance Convention 2000

Capital Allocation Working Party [summary only]

2000 GENERAL INSURANCE CONVENTION 25-28 OCTOBER CAPITAL ALLOCATION WORKING PARTY 239 CAPITAL ALLOCATION WORKING PARTY Outline of Research and Planned Paper Following on from the preliminary report of last year’s Capital Allocation Working Party, ... read more >>

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Ana J Mata
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Parameter uncertainty for extreme value distributions

The main objective of this paper is to study different levels of uncertainty that affect the premiums for high excess of loss layers when pricing risks using extreme value distributions. Using some statistical results and estimated distributions presented ... read more >>

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General Insurance Convention 2000

The role of the actuary in the EU [no paper available]

231 PUBLICATIONS OF ACTUARIAL INTEREST ISSUED BY HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE BY W. ELRICK, F.I.A. Actuarial Work. Careers for Men and Women series, No. 2 (revised August 1957). A detailed description of qualifications, training and professional ... read more >>

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William D McConnell; James E McPherson
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Lloyd's actuaries - sinners or saints? [no paper available]

241 CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editors of the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries) DEAR SIRS, Equity-linked Policies Where an individual has freedom of choice in the direction of his economic activities, as in a ‘free society’, it would seem to ... read more >>

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Author:
Michael H Tripp
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Affinity group marketing [no paper available]

NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES 38, 3 (No 264) 1982 McCUTCHEON, J. J. Graduation of the Experience of Female Assured Lives 1975-78. (Preliminary Report on behalf of the C.M.I. Committee). Continuous Mortality Investigation ... read more >>

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Author:
Richard A Rodriguez
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General Insurance Convention 2000

RBC (risk based capital) at Lloyd's [slides]

2000 GENERAL INSURANCE CONVENTION 25-28 OCTOBER RCB AT LLOYD’S Presenter: Richard Rodriguez 121 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 ... read more >>

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Author:
Ade Akinlaja; Shamit Biswas; Dick Cheesman; Michael J Eves; Stephen Mpatfield; Michael H Tripp; David Westcott
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Distribution channels of the 21st century

The aim of this report is to stimulate discussion and thought. It is seen not so much as a learned paper, but a series of thoughts to help actuaries (and others) improve their awareness of the fundamental changes taking place in what we currently call the ... read more >>

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Author:
Sholom Feldblum
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Underwriting cycles and business transfer [Brian Hey Prize - 1st prize paper]

Underwriting cycles, with their wide and puzzling swings in premiums and profitability, challenge the pricing actuary to adapt rates to market realities. Understanding the forces behind insurance price fluctuations is a prerequisite to analyzing market ... read more >>

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Author:
Richard A Shaw\; Stephen P Britt
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Asset liability modelling and management [no paper available]

Structured Settlements Workshop Workshop Leader: Keith Tucker This workshop will discuss the growing use of Structured Settlements in the UK as a means of paying damages. Structured Settlements arise as a result of a facility set up around mid-1987 ... read more >>

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Helen L Bradley; Andrew J Couper; Nigel J Finlay; Mark C Graham; Justyn Harding; Shreyas R Shah; Simon H Sheaf; Jose R Vazquez
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Reinsurance to close

This paper follows on from the work presented in the Institute of Actuaries' sessional paper entitled 'The Lloyd's Reinsurance to Close Process'. In particular, after discussing the way in which reinsurance to close (RITC) premiums are currently set, it ... read more >>

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Author:
Kate A Angell; Philip Archer-Lock; Simon D Harris; Gaynore E Moss; Stephen M Patfield; Jeffery E Sayers
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General Insurance Convention 2000

Assessing the financial strength of insurers

The financial strength of an insurer is of interest to many different parties: policyholders, regulators, investors and lenders. The paper discusses the parameters and methodologies used by three of the major parties in assessing financial strength (rating ... read more >>