The Practice of Life Assurance: A Text-book for Actuarial Students

In this highly influential textbook, first published in 1952, actuaries Ogborn and Coe provide a condensed overview of many aspects of life assurance for the actuary-in-training. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of actuarial practice. INDICE: Preface; Part I. General: 1. Introductory review; 2. Historical background; 3. The legal background of life assurance in the United Kingdom; 4. The investments of life assurance and annuity funds; 5. Some implications of United Kingdom income tax; 6. The elements; 7. War and life assurance; 8. Actuarial investigations; Part II. 'Ordinary' Life Assurance Business: 9. Office premiums; 10. Premiums for special classes of assurance; 11. Underwriting and extra risks; 12. Methods of valuation; 13. Analysis of surplus; 14. Methods of distribution of surplus; 15. Surrender and paid-up policy values; 16. Pension schemes, disability insurance and options; Part III. 17. Special features of industrial assurance; 18. Underwriting; 19. Office premiums; 20. Valuation; 21. Surplus; 22. Paid-up policies and surrender values; Postscript. Capital redemption assurances; Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-107-62182-4
• Editorial: Cambridge University Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 452
• Fecha Publicación: 22/08/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés