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Role of the Actuary in Corporate Planning
outlines of stra- tegic plans are examined. The primary focus is on strategies to capitalize on opportunities ... communication, co-ordination, and con- trol was the primary objective. Improvement of the decision-making proc- ...- Authors: Robert H Dreyer, Wilfred A Kraegel, W James MacGinnitie, Bruce E Nickerson, C Norman Peacor, Theodore S Rosky
- Date: May 1968
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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New Possibilities in Graduation
graduation of data by amounts. In such a case, primary data cards should carry not only the exposed and ... better to form outside error-values ~1 and ~+2 direct- ly from the four q~ values ending at x = o~ + ...- Authors: Kingsland Camp
- Date: Mar 1955
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications
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The Birthday Rule and the Difference in Spouses' Ages
work record, one member of the couple as the primary beneficiary and the other as an auxiliary beneficiary ... the father's or the mother's insurer will be primary or secondary when the children's med- ical bills ...- Authors: Bertram M Kestenbaum
- Date: Oct 1992
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Actuarial Application of the Monte Carlo Technique
analytic methods. RANDOM NUMBER SUPPLY The primary problem to be solved in any application of the ... proceeds very ingeniously to show equal to 1. A direct method of achieving this result is to consider ...- Authors: Russell M Collins, James C Hickman, Donald A Jones, Nathan F Jones, Robert C Tookey
- Date: Oct 1962
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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A Policy-Year Model for GAAP Valuation of Coinsurance and Modified Coinsurance
of twenty years and the premium-paying period, care must be taken not to overstate the GAAP profit ... reinsurer, and the costs are the expenses of the direct writer. Since the business is coinsured, insurance ...- Authors: David N Becker, Michael Eckman
- Date: Jan 1981
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Reinsurance>Coinsurance
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Mortality Risk in Life Annuities
amount of a prudent contingency reserve has been a primary concern. In 1933, Piper [6] calculated the standard ... an appendix to Tay- lor's paper, and was the primary focus of Boermeester's paper [1] in 1956. Here ...- Authors: Larry M Gorski, Hsien-Ming K Keh, Warren Luckner, Robert McCrory, Murray Projector, Robert C Tookey
- Date: Oct 1986
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Annuities>Payout annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Required Surplus for the Insurance Risk for Certain Lines of Group Insurance
consult the excellent paper by Pike [11]. The primary tool used in this paper to study surplus requirements ... used for the group life calculation. Also, some care should be paid to the selection of the value for ...- Authors: John K Ahrens, Allan Brender, James Ramenda
- Date: Oct 1984
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Life Insurance>Group plans - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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A Mathematical Model of the Incidence of Disability
suggest that, analogous to the costs under medical care insurance occasioned by "elective surgery," there ... representation of the disability risk by placing primary emphasis on the underlying mathematical model ...- Authors: John C Angle, John Miller, James Olsen, Simon T Courant
- Date: May 1974
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Health & Disability; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Simulation of the Ruin Potential of Non-Life Insurance Companies
variance of the distribution is infinite. Thus the direct Monte Carlo calculation of v(10,20) is impossible ... however, are in order for the unwary. You must be care- ful, as Dr. Seal was, to perform enough trials ...- Authors: John A Beekman, Hilary L Seal
- Date: Nov 1969
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Computer Models and Simulation
estimate of computer time, I made only one run on the "direct" basis, which Benjamin regards as a waste of time ... amounts of computer time. Programming for this direct simulation was very simple, but the computer costs ...- Authors: Michael C Altschuler, Thomas P Bowles, Russell M Collins, John H Cook, Abraham Hazelcorn, Anthony J Houghton, Burton Jay, James Lee Lewis, Joseph P McAllister, Cecil J Nesbitt, William F Sutton, Robin B Welch, Eli A Zubay, Owen A. Reed, Harry D. Garber, Charles L. Trowbridge, David G Halmstad, John W Lincoln
- Date: Apr 1969
- Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications