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  • Prudential Mortality Experience by Sex
    Prudential Mortality Experience by Sex This is a discussion on the paper of the same name. ... used in our study, it was not convenient to make a direct comparison of 544 PRUDENTIAL MORTALITY EXPERIENCE ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Walter G Bowerman, Edwin A Rode
    • Date: Oct 1954
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Claims - Life Insurance
  • Experience Rating
    form for computation. However, DISCUSSION 261 care must be exercised in the interpretation of this ... applied to smaller groups. In this type of formula a direct charge for losses on unprofitable groups is made ...

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    • Authors: Paul H Jackson, Arthur G Weaver, Herbert J. Stark, Fred H Holsten, Application Administrator
    • Date: Oct 1953
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Group plans - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Maximum Likelihood Alternatives to Actuarial Estimators of Mortality Rates
    hand, if d = N, ~a L(q) > 0 and ~ = 1. In general, care should be exercised so that these special cases ... upon the mortality process. That is, there is no direct connection between the rate at which one physically ...

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    • Authors: H J Boom, James D Broffitt, Ralph E Edwards, James Robinson
    • Date: Oct 1984
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • Actuarial Note: Some 3 1/2% Commutation Columns a-1949 Table
    Actuarial Note: Some 3 1/2% Commutation Columns a-1949 Table This paper presents commutation columns ... figures are now of wider interest, whether for direct use or for testing purposes, as an extension of ...

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    • Authors: J Gordon Fletcher
    • Date: Apr 1954
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities
  • Premiums and Dividends
    Premiums and Dividends Discussion of issues of particular interest to small insurance companies. ... slope of the dividend schedule is devised with care. The two-factor method has been used for Midland ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Thomas P Bowles, F Edward Huston, James F MacLean, Richard G Rink, Allen L. Mayerson, Gordon D. McKInney, E Forrest Estes
    • Date: Jun 1954
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Discussion of Preceding Paper
    business has proved itself to be, there are more direct and practical reasons for rejecting a pricing ... the latter. I do not think there should be a direct relation of Added Cost to the price for insurance ...

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    • Authors: Irving Rosenthal, Edward W Marshall, Robert T Jackson, Manuel Gelles
    • Date: Nov 1952
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • GAAP Accounting for Reinsurance Accepted
    Accordingly, many pro- cedures which are applicable to direct insurance are also applicable here. However, the ... with revenue? The above reasoning would apply to direct business where the premiums vary, as in graded ...

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    • Authors: Frank Klinzman, Richard S Robertson
    • Date: Oct 1975
    • 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: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance
  • Substandard Insurance
    Substandard Insurance This is a discussion about substandard mortality vs. standard mortality ... in rules unnecessary. MR. HENRY F. ROOD: The primary aim of underwriting impaired lives is the determination ...

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    • Authors: Edward A. Lew, Alton P Morton, William J November, Henry F Rood, Frank G Whitbread
    • Date: Jan 1962
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality
  • Recursive Definitions of Actuarial Functions
    the largest) zero and may need to exercise some care that the one desired is the one obtained. My ... approach called "regnla falsi" improves the speed, but care must be taken in using this approach. I have used ...

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    • Authors: Stephen G Kellison, Quintin J Maltby, Lester R McCracken, Thomas P Tierney, Application Administrator, Edward J Seligman, Thomas N E Greville
    • Date: Jan 1975
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Cash-Flow Matching and Linear Programming Duality
    Cash-Flow Matching and Linear Programming Duality This paper applies the duality theory ... linearization given in Section IV of [15] is a direct consequence of the duality theory of linear programming ...

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    • Authors: Elias Shiu, Rama Kocherlakota, E S Rosenbloom
    • Date: Oct 1990
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset liability management