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An Extension of the Whittaker-Henderson Method of Graduation
An Extension of the Whittaker-Henderson Method of Graduation The purpose of this paper is to introduce ... give a number of numerical examples using the method. The method is a variation of the Whittaker-Henderson ...- Authors: Walter B Lowrie
- Date: Oct 1982
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Life Insurance>Claims - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Some Instances of the Superiority of Geometric Methods over Arithmetic Methods of Interpolation and Extrapolation
Some Instances of the Superiority of Geometric Methods over Arithmetic Methods of Interpolation and Extrapolation ... presents a few formulaic examples displaying the advantages of geometric methods over arithmetic methods ...- Authors: Charles B Baughman
- Date: May 1965
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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An Algorithm for Computing Expected Stop-Loss Claims under a Group Life Contract
computing the expected loss under a group life contract in excess of a stated limit. The paper also ... compute the variance and standard deviation of the stop-loss claim and suggests how the method can ...- Authors: William A Bailey, Hans U Gerber, L Giles, Richard S Hester, Donald A Jones, John A Mereu, Gerald J Rankin, Courtland C Smith, William J Taylor
- Date: Oct 1972
- 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>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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An Approximation to the Distribution of Annuity Costs
Approximation to the Distribution of Annuity Costs The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of a new ... against adverse mortality experience for a portfolio of life annuity contracts. Annuities;Annuity reserves;Statistical ...- Authors: Newton L Bowers
- Date: Oct 1967
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Periodograms of Graduation Operators
Periodograms of Graduation Operators This paper presents the general notion of a periodogram, following ... following Elphinstone's approach. The paper then goes on to examine symmetric linear operators and their ...- Authors: George H Andrews, Cecil J Nesbitt
- Date: Apr 1965
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Maximum Likelihood Alternatives to Actuarial Estimators of Mortality Rates
Maximum Likelihood Alternatives to Actuarial Estimators of Mortality Rates This paper will ... to Actuarial Estimators of Mortality Rates This paper will investigate the problem in estimating mortality ...- 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
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Discussion - Frequency Distribution of Mortality Costs
Distribution of Mortality Costs This is a discussion of the paper, Frequency Distribution of Mortality ... Costs by John M. Boermeester, which used a series of random numbers to estimate variables under study ...- Authors: Robert L Whitney
- Date: Nov 1956
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Some Observations on Actuarial Approximations
Approximations The method in this paper is to derive expressions for mortality between integral values of age underlying ... underlying the typical approximations employed, and to compare such expressions. Annuity and life reserve ...- Authors: John A Mereu
- Date: Jun 1961
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Mortality Investigation with Expected Mortality Estimated at Issue by Use of Persistency Factors
Use of Persistency Factors This note describes a mortality investigation procedure in which the expected ... period of about three years after issue is estimated by use of persistency factors. Discussions of this ...- Authors: Ernest J Moorhead
- Date: Nov 1961
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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A Simple Monte Carlo Approach to Bayesian Graduation
Bayesian graduation models that substantially ease the prior elicitation burden, and also describes a Monte ... Carlo integration approach that greatly reduces the computational load. Analytics and informatics;Monte ...- Authors: Bradley P Carlin
- Date: Oct 1992
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods