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Can the Insurance Market Support Both Agency and Direct Writers?
Can the Insurance Market Support Both Agency and Direct Writers? This paper is a theoretical examination ... examination of the structure of the property-casualty insurance industry using economic theory to compare companies ...- Authors: MARY VIRGINIA KELLY
- Date: Jan 1995
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Economics>Financial markets
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Axioms for the Internal Rate of Return of an Investment Project
for the Internal Rate of Return of an Investment Project This paper studies the internal rate of return ... return of a finite series of cash flows in terms of three natural axioms. Examples of rate of return functions ...- Authors: S. Promislow, David Spring
- Date: Jan 1992
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling
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On Estimation of Parameters of the Pareto Distribution
On Estimation of Parameters of the Pareto Distribution The two-parameter Pareto distribution is a commonly ... modeling. Minimum variance unbiased estimates of the parameters of Pareto distribution are not known. In this ...- Authors: Rohan J Dalpatadu, Ashok K Singh
- Date: Jan 1996
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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The Financial Implications of Finite Ruin Theory
The Financial Implications of Finite Ruin Theory An insurance company starts with an initial surplus ... is the following year’s surplus. The process continues. This paper describes how to calculate the distribution ...- Authors: Glenn Meyers
- Date: Jan 1986
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
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On the Time Value of Ruin
On the Time Value of Ruin This paper studies the joint distribution of the time of ruin, the surplus ... and the deficit at ruin. The classical model is generalized by discounting with respect to the time ...- Authors: Hans U Gerber, Elias Shiu
- Date: Jan 1997
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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The Gompertz Distribution-Estimation of Parameters
The Gompertz Distribution-Estimation of Parameters Most computations that are done within actuarial ... convenient to work with. Of the various continuous probability distributions, the one most closely associated ...- Authors: Dennis Kunimura
- Date: Jan 1998
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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The Definition of (ax + b)
The Definition of (ax + b) This is a letter to readers of The Actuary from Arnold Dicke and Walter Lowrie ... Lowrie to solicit opinions on the problem which seems to crop up each time an examination is to be set ...- Authors: Arnold Dicke, Walter B Lowrie
- Date: Jan 1980
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations
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Comments on the treatment of improving the fit in Elements of Graduation
Comments on the treatment of improving the fit in Elements of Graduation The paper gives two criteria ... fit. It is shown that the two sets of criteria give the same transformation. The mathematical relationships ...- Authors: Walter B Lowrie
- Date: Jan 1980
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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The Practical Use of Recursive Functions
The Practical Use of Recursive Functions This paper discusses some powerful uses of recursive functions ... including: 1. Universal life, both for the calculation of target premiums and reserves. 2. Paid-up ...- Authors: L Giles
- Date: Jan 1993
- Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Life Insurance>Universal life; Life Insurance>Whole life
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A Summary of the Conclusions of a Survey of Post-EBISA Small Pension Plan Valuation Assumptions
Summary of the Conclusions of a Survey of Post-EBISA Small Pension Plan Valuation Assumptions The study ... sample of actuarial reports attached to the form 550C3, Schedule B, which were sent to the Department ...- Authors: Arnold Shapiro
- Date: Jan 1978
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House