Description: From the 1985 Valuation Actuary Symposium. A discussion of the principles that should be part of a life insurance valuation. Also discussion of emerging actuarial professional standards of practice and regulatory requirements with respect to methodology for assessing reserve adequacy.

Description: This article describes the primary goal of the Actuarial Research Clearing House [ARCH], its editorial policy and the proicedure for submitting manuscripts. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1991 Vol. 2.

Description: This is an announcement for the 27th Annual Actuarial Research Conference.

Description: This paper is a proof of a conjecture that appeared in a letter to the Editor of The Actuary. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991 Vol.

Description: This paper attempts to quantify the benefits to the purchaser of a non-qualified variable annuity as compared to an investment in a mutual fund. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, VOL. 3.

Description: This paper presents an additional view of estimating parameters of the force of mortality using Bayesian methods. Some examples are provided. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1993 VOL. 1.

Description: This abstract describes research related to Optional Coupon Reinvestment Bonds

Description: This paper provides a method for estimating long-tailed unpaid losses from paid loss development using trended generalized bondy development. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1993, VOL. 3.

Description: The method described in this paper is to allocate surplus to each category of business and reserves in proportion to its estimated effect on an insurer's surplus variation. Risk load for each category of business is then selected so that the return on allocated surplus for each category is equal to the overall return on surplus. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1993, VOL. 3.

Description: This paper stresses the importance and value of information databases. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1993, VOL. 3.