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- Elderton, W. P.; Nicholl, C. C.; Seal, H. L.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 415-420
Notes on foreign actuarial journals
415 NOTES ON FOREIGN ACTUARIAL JOURNALS BY SIR W. P. ELDERTON, C.B.E., F.I.A., F.F.A., P H . D . (Oslo), C. C. NICHOLL, O.B.E., B.A., F.I.A., F.F.A. AND H. L. SEAL, B.Sc., F.F.A. AMERICA Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America, Vol. XL, Part ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 110
Twelfth International Congress of Actuaries
110 NOTES ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FACULTY OF ACTUARIES Vol. 26, PART 6 (No. 202), 1960 ENGELFRIET, Prof. Dr J. Automation of Data Processing in Life Insurance, pp. 421–61. A highly condensed description of the application of data- processing to ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 426-431
Reviews II
426 REVIEWS The Factorial Analysis of Human Ability. By GODFREY H. THOMSON. [Pp. 326+xv. University of London Press, Ltd. Price 16S.] IT is generally accepted that man's intellectual gifts vary quantitatively and qualitatively; that some are capable ... read more >>
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- - Hickox, W. E. H.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 193-195
A note on the basis of calculation of surrender values
The Indian Insurance Act (Act IV of 1938) was introduced into the Legislative Assembly on 26 January 1937. It was immediately circulated for opinion, prior to its consideration by a Select Committee of the Assembly in Simla, in August 1937. After very ... read more >>
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- Hunter, A.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 60-64
Blood pressure among standard lives
There are so many phases of the problem of blood pressure that I shall limit myself to dealing with a recent investigation of the mortality on lives accepted as standard risks by the New York Life Insurance Company. The experience investigated was that of ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 249-268
Review
249 REVIEWS Reports ofthe Unemployment I surance Statutory Cornrnitte on the Financial Condition of the U employment Fund. (First General Report, asat 31 Dec. 1934. Pp. 22. 1935. 4d. Second General Report, asat 31 May 1935. Pp. 22. 1935. 4d. Third ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 111-118
Reviews I
111 REVIEWS Karl Pearson. An appreciation of some aspects of his life and work. By Professor E. S. PEARSON. [Pp. viii + 170. Cambridge University Press. 1938. Price 10s. 6d. net.] T H I S is a fascinating book. Compiled originally for publication ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 434
Twelfth International Congress of Actuaries
PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE STUDENTS’ SOCIETY AND TO PROVINCIAL ACTUARIAL SOCIETIES, 1983–84 HOWE, R. W. A. and DOUGLAS, R. W. Birmingham Actuarial Society The Changing Role of Life Reinsurance (1/84). Glasgow Actuarial Students’ Society SMITH, T. ... read more >>
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- MacGillivray, E. J.; Levine, S. H.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 391-414
Legal notes
391 LEGAL NOTES BY EVAN JAMES MACGILLIVRAY, B.A., LL.B. One of His Majesty's Counsel Re Cowlishaw A bequest of an annuity of a specific sum clear of CHANCERY DIVISION deductions is not sufficient to discharge the annuitant to whom the annuity is ... read more >>
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- Kerrich, J. E.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 198-210
A method of determining the rate of interest involved in a given transaction
The purpose of this paper is to explain a simple method applicable to many practical problems by which (a) we approach more and more closely the true rate of interest sought, and (b) at each stage we obtain limits between which we are sure that the true ... read more >>
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- - Hickox, W. E. H.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 193-195
A note on the basis of calculation of surrender values
The Indian Insurance Act (Act IV of 1938) was introduced into the Legislative Assembly on 26 January 1937. It was immediately circulated for opinion, prior to its consideration by a Select Committee of the Assembly in Simla, in August 1937. After very ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 106-109
Official publications
I06 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 LIST of recent official publications issued to the end of January 1939, containing statistics ... read more >>
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- MacGillivray, E. J.; Levine, S. H.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 225-248
Legal notes
225 MR E. J. MACGILLIVRAY, K.C. READERS of the Journal will be interested o hear that Mr E. J. MacGillivray, who for the last eight years has been one of the Editors ofLegal Notes, has taken silk. Ever since 1912 when the first edition of his ... read more >>
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 220-224
Official publications
220 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS [The appearance of a publication in thefollowing list does not imply that aformal review will not appear inthe JOURNAL] ANNOTATED LIST of recent official publications issued to the end of May 1939, containing statistics or ... read more >>
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- Lidstone, G. J.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 89-103
Finite integration by parts, part II
8 9 FINITE INTEGRATION BY PARTS (SERIES FOR ΣuXVX) PART II BY G. J. LIDSTONE, LL.D., ETC. 1. The following additional notes are in sequence to those printed in J.I.A. Vol. LXIV, pp. 160-4. It will be shown by numerical illustrations how the formulae ... read more >>
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- Rich, C. D.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 314-379
A general theory of mortality
If a pebble on a steep hill is disturbed from a state of rest, it will probably roll down the hill gathering speed as it goes, and, if the hill ends in a precipice, the pebble will, unless it is checked in its course, eventually fall over the edge. So long ... read more >>
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- Heath, E. A. J.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 271-313
Permanent sickness insurance
The subject of sickness insurance does not appear to have been previously discussed before this Institute except in relation to Friendly Societies and the National Health Insurance Act. There is, however, a most comprehensive paper by Mr W. A. Robertson, ... read more >>
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- Sturgeon, R. W.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 151-192
The Indian Insurance Act 1938
The Indian Insurance Act (Act IV of 1938) was introduced into the Legislative Assembly on 26 January 1937. It was immediately circulated for opinion, prior to its consideration by a Select Committee of the Assembly in Simla, in August 1937. After very ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Hagstrom, K.-G.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 119-150
Notes on bonus and solvency valuations
My intention is to give some simple illustrations of the difficulties which arise when the market rate of interest has sunk below the limit of solvency for parts of a company’s stock of life contracts. In fact, the ßpartial liquidationà ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Vaidyanathan, L. S.
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- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1939) 70: 15-59
Mortality of Indian assured lives
It is now nearly a decade since the author had the honour of submitting a paper on the mortality of assured lives in India, and the manner of its reception by the members of the Institute has emboldened him to make a second venture. 15 MORTALITY OF INDIAN ... read more >>