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  • An Algorithm for Computing Expected Stop-Loss Claims under a Group Life Contract
    encouraging because presumably one of the actuary's primary professional functions is the evaluation of risk ... probability theory and computer science to pro- duce a direct method for calculating stop-loss premiums for group ...

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    • 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
  • 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