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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 >>
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Binary calculation
THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES BINARY CALCULATION BY E. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, O.B.E., F.I.A. General Manager for Great Britain of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company [Submitted to the Institute, 27th January 1936] 1. The development of this paper involves ... read more >>
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William Morgan, F.R.S., 1750-1833
364 WILLIAM MORGAN, F.R.S., 1750–1833 W I L L I A M MORGAN died on the 2nd May 1833 and in commem- oration of the Centenary of his death two pages of his beautiful handwriting are reproduced to nine-tenths of the original size. Morgan had been ... read more >>
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The place of ordinary stocks and shares in the investment of life assurance funds
21 The Place of Ordinary Stocks and Shares (as distinct from Fixed Interest bearing Securities) in the Investment of Life Assurance Funds. By H. E. RAYNES, F.I.A., F.C.I.I., Secretary of the Legal and General Assurance Society. [Submitted to the ... read more >>
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On the valuation of staff pension funds. Part 2: Widows' and children's pensions (continued)
In series of papers pioneering funded staff occupational pension schemes: Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1901) 36: 209-287; (1902) 37: 193-244; (1903) 38: 101-171; (1908) 42: 1-35. JAN. 1908.] 1 JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ... read more >>
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On the valuation of staff pension funds. Part 2: Widows' and children's pensions
In a series of papers pioneering funded staff occupational pension schemes: Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1901) 36: 209-287; (1902) 37: 193-244; (1903) 38: 101-171; (1908) 42: 1-35. 1903.] 101 JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ... read more >>
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On the valuation of staff pension funds: with tables and examples [Part 1] (continued)
Continuing a series of papers pioneering funded staff occupational pension schemes: Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1901) 36: 209-287; (1902) 37: 193-244; (1903) 38: 101-171; (1908) 42: 1-35. 1902.] 193 On the Valuation of Staff ... read more >>
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Contributions to the history of insurance, and of the theory of life contingencies, III
THE ASSURANCE MAGAZINE, AND JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OE ACTUARIES. Contributions to the History of Insurance, and of the Theory of Life Contingencies. By FREDERICK HENDRIKS, ESQ., Actuary of the Globe Insurance Company. (§ 24.) I N my previous sketches ... read more >>