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  • Book Reviews and Notices
    Book Reviews and Notices This section presents book reviews and summaries of recent ... insurance;Globalization;Government-funded healthcare;Health care costs;Health insurance;Life insurance;Marketing ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Anthony F Crocker, Joseph W Moran, Harry M Sarason, Byron W Straight, Frank W Biese, PATRICK D SHEPARD, Andrew C Webster, Mortimer Spiegelman, Wendell Milliman, Milton J Goldberg, Dorrance C. Bronson, Conrad Taeuber, Paul K. Frazer
    • Date: Apr 1958
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Relationship Management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Demography; Health & Disability; Life Insurance; Pensions & Retirement; Social Insurance; Technology & Applications
  • Operations Research in Insurance: A Review
    varying the year of required protection is the primary characteristic of the LP method that differentiates ... market potential should not be exacerbated. The primary task was to improve profitability by either increasing ...

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    • Authors: Patrick L Brockett, Xiaohua Xia
    • Date: Oct 1995
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications
  • The Role of the Actuary
    tape than in developing those areas which are of primary interest to the actuary. This naturally has caused ... equipment is handled by a depart- ment which is the direct responsibility of an officer other than the chief ...

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    • Authors: Robert G Espie, Ben J Helphand, Paul E Sarnoff, J Craig Davidson, Jasper E Moore
    • Date: Jan 1961
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Technology & Applications
  • Consolidated Functions Approach
    section B, Mr. Fry felt that an inventory method is direct and conceptually simple and is now made feasible ... computers. This, in turn, encourages first-principle, direct approaches. It also enables companies to develop ...

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    • Authors: John A Bevan, John S Fry, Richard A Getman, David H Harris, J Stanley Hill, Paul E Sarnoff, Manuel R. Cueto, W James D Lewis, Jasper E Moore, John F B Amsden
    • Date: Sep 1960
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Technology & Applications
  • Computer Models and Simulation
    estimate of computer time, I made only one run on the "direct" basis, which Benjamin regards as a waste of time ... amounts of computer time. Programming for this direct simulation was very simple, but the computer costs ...

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    • Authors: Michael C Altschuler, Thomas P Bowles, Russell M Collins, John H Cook, Abraham Hazelcorn, Anthony J Houghton, Burton Jay, James Lee Lewis, Joseph P McAllister, Cecil J Nesbitt, William F Sutton, Robin B Welch, Eli A Zubay, Owen A. Reed, Harry D. Garber, Charles L. Trowbridge, David G Halmstad, John W Lincoln
    • Date: Apr 1969
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications
  • Electronics - Progress since Fall, 1958
    go into the new system may actually produce no direct gain when viewed by themselves, although their ... or less direct transfer from E.A.M. to E.D.P.M. processing do not generally show much direct gain, although ...

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    • Authors: David H Harris, J Stanley Hill, Application Administrator, Robert G Perry, Charles F Pestal, Charles G. Groeschell, Hudson J Stowe, Jasper E Moore, John J Finelli, Willis J. Lutz
    • Date: Nov 1959
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Technology & Applications
  • Electronics
    Electronics This discussion looks at the role of the actuary in electronic data processing and if ... Actuary of the company will probably not have direct control of the system. As a result, the Actuary ...

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    • Authors: Brian L Daly, J Stanley Hill, J Bruce MacDonald, C Norman Peacor, Walter Rugland, Richard H Tallman, Charles G. Groeschell
    • Date: Nov 1959
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Technology & Applications
  • An 80-Column Punched Card for Mortality Statistical Purposes and the Procedure Followed in its Preparation
    sight in the coding of death claims, but if proper care is exercised the method can be satisfactorily used ... impaired lives, the new card will contain both the primary and any secondary cause of death. The code will ...

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    • Authors: John F Ryan
    • Date: Nov 1949
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Technology & Applications
  • Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest-New Procedures
    regardless of the product mix or volume of insurance. Direct policy expenses will, of course, be included on ... of overhead will remain fixed and that only the direct expenses due to a lapse should be considered.

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    • Authors: Yuan Chang, Russell M Collins, James J Connors, Ralph H Goebel, Hugh Gordon Johnston, William A Macomber, J Rae Jamieson, A Charles Howell
    • Date: Jan 1961
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Technology & Applications
  • Electronic Data-Processing and Operations Research
    Equitable of New York, our activity in the area of direct sales aids to the agent has been moderate. We ... full set of records, and policy- holders deal direct with them, receiving very prompt service. The ...

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    • Authors: William L Barber, John M Boermeester, Russell M Collins, Maurice V Donovan, Robert G Espie, J Gordon Fletcher, James J Halloran, David H Harris, George L Hogeman, Nathan F Jones, John K Kittredge, Wilfred A Kraegel, A Henry Kunkemueller, W Glenn McCormick, Application Administrator, Albert E Reavill, Robert Shapland, William T Tozer, George E Wallace, R L Sutton, Paul Markham Kahn, Harry D. Garber, Herbert L Feay, Lowell M Dorn, Ralph E. Traber, Manuel R. Cueto, Leif Johnson, William S York, John J Finelli, James T Byrne
    • Date: Jan 1964
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Technology & Applications