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- Author:
- Makeham, W.M.
- Source:
- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] 13:325-359
On the law of mortality
JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES. On the Law of Mortality. By WILLIAM MATTHEW MAKEHAM, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. [Read before the Institute, 29th April, 1867.] IN the following pages I shall have frequent occasion to avail myself of a ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Walford, C.
- Source:
- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1886-1887) 26: 1-24
History of life assurance in the United Kingdom, V
JULY 1886.] 1 JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES. History of Life Assurance in the United Kingdom. By CORNELIUS WALFORD, F.I.A. (Continued from Vol. xxv, p. 437.) 3.—PERIOD OF SCIENTIFIC EXACTITUDE—(continued). A CASE arose about this time—the middle ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Walford, C.
- Source:
- Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1886-1887) 26: 302-315
History of life assurance in the United Kingdom, VI
302 History of Life Assurance in the United Kingdom. By CORNELIUS WALFORD, F.I.A. (Continued from p. 132.) 5 .—LIFE ASSURANCE—1825 TO 1843. The state of the law in respect to Joint-Stock Companies, and associations for business purposes generally, ... read more >>
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- Author:
- Deuchar, J.J.W.
- Source:
- Transactions of the Insurance and Actuarial Society of Glasgow,1st Series, 3: 35-71
A sketch of the history of the science of life contingencies, with special reference to the origin and construction of mortality tables
A survey of actuarial history identifying the key 'life tables' of life expectation drawn from mortality data sources encompassing: 'Ulpian's Table' of late Roman times, John Graunt's observations (1662); Edmund Halley's mortality table derived from ... read more >>