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  • Dividend Formulas in Group Insurance
    FORMULAS IN GROUP INSURANCE D()NALD A. JONES AND HANS U. GERBER* ABSTRACT The paper discusses the optimal ... common dividend formula is of the form D -- (kP - S)+, guaranteeing dividends equal to the excess * ...

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    • Authors: Hans U Gerber, James C Hickman, Donald A Jones, John A Mereu
    • Date: Oct 1974
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Adjusting Multiple-Decrement Tables
    Adjusting Multiple-Decrement Tables In this paper a new method of adjusting probabilities of death for short ... one of the forces of decrement, is developed. Mortality risk; 2125 11/1/1970 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, John M Krall
    • Date: Nov 1970
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • A Linear Programming Approach to Graduation
    graduation [9]. In that method, graduated values u,, a" = 1, 2, . . . , n, are sought corresponding ... values u'-' and nonnegative weightsw, that minimize the quantity F -]- OS, where F = Y~"x.1 w,(u," -- ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Stuart Klugman, Robert B Miller, Donald R Schuette, Harwood Rosser, Thomas N E Greville
    • Date: Oct 1978
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Discussion of Papers Presented at Earlier Regional Meeting
    FUNCTIONS AS EXPECTED VALUES sented by a mortality table, with level annual premiums/5 payable con- ... to have been largely overlooked, is to use a mortality function such as l~4t or ~p~ as an integrating ...

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    • Authors: Barnet N Berin, Joseph J Gayda, James C Hickman, Donald A Lockwood, John E Morrill, Cecil J Nesbitt, Christopher C Street, Paulette Tino, David S Williams
    • Date: May 1971
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Life Insurance; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Demographics and Longevity into the Next Century
    Demographics and Longevity into the Next Century Presenters gave their projections and analysis on demographic ... Demographics;Longevity;Obesity;Stochastic models;Mortality risk; 17896 10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, David Holland, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Charles G Hertz
    • Date: Oct 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Demography; Global Perspectives
  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
    distributions shifting over time is provided by annuity * Mr. Mitler, not a member of the Society, is ... FORECASTING mortality. The experimental evidence of this century is very convincing that annuity mortality ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Robert B Miller, Frank Reynolds, Richard W Ziock
    • Date: Oct 1973
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis
  • The Dynamics of Pension Funding: Contribution Theory
    represented by the function s(x) for a member aged x, a < x < r. The function s(x) captures the merit component ... h(t + r -- x) = g~(t + r -- x)g2(t + r - x) l~s(r )b . For x > r, h(t + r -- x) is the density ...

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    • Authors: Newton L Bowers, James C Hickman, Cecil J Nesbitt
    • Date: Oct 1979
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • A Statistical Approach to Premiums and Reserves in Multiple Decrement Theory
    outline of the continuous model risk theory with mortality as cause of decrement. To my mind, there has ... i 'x), 1 <_ s <_ n, where ,L(t , i :x) =0( l <t<s) = v 'B ~Ox÷, -v~1(8-1v+P) ( t=s , i= 1 ,2 ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Cecil J Nesbitt
    • Date: Jun 1964
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
  • The Unfunded Present Value Family of Pension Funding Methods
    after called the benefit ratio and the fund ratio, s respectively. Then the funding family proposed is ... beginning at their ultimate levels B= ~l . r r--I s v = 22 l , . , - , I 221,. t~ r The initial ...

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    • Authors: William A Dreher, James C Hickman, Malcolm D MacKinnon, Cecil J Nesbitt, Donald R Sondergeld, Robert C Tookey, Charles L. Trowbridge, Dorrance C. Bronson, Harwood Rosser
    • Date: Mar 1963
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • A Family of Accrued Benefit Actuarial Cost Methods
    (p.p.d.f.). Our discussion will center on p.p.d.f.'s such that re(x) >_ O, a ~_ x "~ r, and f, 'm(x)dx ... accelerating cost method; if s < O, this method will result in a decelerating one. As s--* O, we note that this ...

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    • Authors: Steven L Cooper, James C Hickman
    • Date: Jun 1967
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding