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  • Notes on Bayesian Graduation
    insurance premiums requires estimates of a set of mortality, interest, and expense parameters. In fixing ... science in the estimation of mortality parameters. Observed mortality probabilities often exhibit irregularities ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Donald A Jones, Thomas G Kabele, Stuart Klugman, Steven F McKay, Robert B Miller, Harwood Rosser
    • Date: Oct 1977
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods
  • A Linear Programming Approach to Graduation
    graduation [9]. In that method, graduated values u,, a" = 1, 2, . . . , n, are sought corresponding ... values u'-' and nonnegative weightsw, that minimize the quantity F -]- OS, where F = Y~"x.1 w,(u," -- ...

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    • Authors: James C Hickman, Stuart Klugman, Robert B Miller, Donald R Schuette, Harwood Rosser, Thomas N E Greville
    • Date: Oct 1978
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • On the Variance and Mean Squared Error of Decrement Estimators
    On the Variance and Mean Squared Error of Decrement Estimators This paper defines a general ... Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33. Mortality rates=Mortality tables=Death rates ; 2456 1/1/1981 12:00:00 ...

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    • Authors: Stuart Klugman
    • Date: Jan 1981
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Toward a Unified Approach to Fitting Loss Models
    the exact value was observed. Next, consider a mortality study following people from birth. If 547 people ... distribution function is defined for all values. Let U be the largest right censored observation, pro- vided ...

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    • Authors: Stuart Klugman, Jacques Rioux
    • Date: Jan 2003
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Principles Regarding Provisions for Life Risks
    Principles Regarding Provisions for Life Risks The purpose of this statement is to describe ... of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47. Annuity reserves;Annuity valuation;Asset valuation;Cash flow testing;Life ...

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    • Authors: Allan Brender, Daniel Case, Arnold Dicke, Carol Gramer, Stuart Klugman, Warren Luckner, Donald M Peterson, Joseph H Tan
    • Date: Oct 1995
    • Competency: Professional Values
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • Report of the Society of Actuaries Accreditation Implementation Task Force
    Report of the Society of Actuaries Accreditation Implementation Task Force Formal ... membership and structure information, and the group's strategic plan for implementing an accreditation program ...

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    • Authors: Application Administrator, Catherine C Wallach, Bryan V Hearsey, Curtis E Huntington, Stuart Klugman, Warren Luckner, Cynthia Miller, Wolfe Snow, Jeyaraj Vadiveloo, James W Daniel, Michel Jacques, Mary Hardy
    • Date: Oct 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships
  • Hierarchical Bayesian Whittaker Graduation
    1 vector z which in most mortality studies contains the crude mortality rates at succc~,is'e ages. ... r2Q) where # is a prior best guess a.s to the mortality rates (likely to be a previous study of a similar ...

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    • Authors: Stuart Klugman
    • Date: Jan 1992
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods