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Annals of Actuarial Science Volume 6 Part 1 (2012)

Contents

Guest editorial. Ancient or Modern?. R J Verrall

The divergent approaches of English and South African courts, when considering actuarial expert testimony. H L M du Plessis

The construction of the claims reserve distribution by means of a semi-Markov backward simulation model. Fulvio Gismondi, Jacques Janssen and Raimondo Manca

A credibility method for profitable cross-selling of insurance products. Fredrik Thuring

Causes of defined benefit pension scheme funding ratio volatility and average contribution rates. Adam Butt

Catastrophes and Insurance Stocks - A Benchmarking Approach for Measuring Efficiency. Jason West

A comparison of three different pension savings products with special emphasis on the payout phase. Peter Lochte Jorgensen and Per Linneman

An analysis of stock market volatility. Andrew Adams, Seth Armitage and Adrian FitzGerald

Other matters

Abstracts of papers from actuarial journals worldwide

Book reviews

2 books are reviewed in this issue on: Risk and precaution by Alan Randall and Quantitave risk assessment by Terje Aven.

Corrigendum

Corrections to the Modelling income protection claim termination rates by cause of sickness papers published in Volume 4 Part 2.