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  • Maximum Likelihood Alternatives to Actuarial Estimators of Mortality Rates
    Estimators of Mortality Rates This paper will investigate the problem in estimating mortality rates using ... rates=Lapses;Monte Carlo simulation;Mortality assumption;Mortality rates=Mortality tables=Death rates ;Statistical ...

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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
  • Increasing and Increasing Convex Bayesian Graduation
    well accepted that, for ages 30 and above, human mortality rates increase with age, yet no established graduation ... method is offered in this paper. Bayesian methods;Mortality modeling; 2605 10/1/1988 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: James D Broffitt
    • Date: Oct 1988
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • The Analysis Of Fractional Premiums
    The Analysis Of Fractional Premiums This article contains an analysis of fractional premiums and ... premium in the year of death. It uses Jordan's text on life contingencies to illustrate a relation ...

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    • Authors: James D Broffitt
    • Date: Jan 1983
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Definitions for Compound and Simple Interest
    'if (1) a(l) = 1 + i and (2) a(t + s) = a(t)a(s) for all real s and t. The second statement may be ... follows: A $1 investment accumulates to a(t + s) after t + s years. If however the accumulated value is ...

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    • Authors: James D Broffitt, Stuart Klugman
    • Date: Jan 1982
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Finance & Investments>Investments
  • Definitions For Compound and Simple Interest
    rate i if (1) a(1) = 1 + i and (2) a(t + s) = a( for all real s and t. The second statement may he explained ... follows: A $1 invcstmcnt accun\ulates to a(t + s) alter t + s years. lf, however, the accumulated value is ...

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    • Authors: James D Broffitt, Stuart Klugman
    • Date: Jan 1983
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development