This work explains the underfunding of early insurance and annuity schemes, and proposes a new view of how actuarial science developed as a discipline.
This work explains the underfunding of early insurance and annuity schemes, and proposes a new view of how actuarial science developed as a discipline.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David R. Bellhouse holds degrees in actuarial science and in statistics. He has been at the University of Western Ontario for more than forty years, where he now is Professor Emeritus. He has published extensively in the history of probability, statistics, and actuarial science, and has recently published a major biography of Abraham De Moivre. Bellhouse is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and has served as President of the Statistical Society of Canada. He is a recipient of the University of Western Ontario's Gold Medal for Excellence in Teaching, and recently received the University of Manitoba Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Mathematics and property in the seventeenth century 3. Edmond Halley's life table 4. Halley's impact or lack of it 5. De Moivre and his early influence 6. Mathematicians as consultants 7. Mathematicians and early life insurance companies 8. The annuity bubble of the 1760s and 70s 9. The after shocks of the bubble on life annuities 10. Developments in the life insurance industry in the later eighteenth century 11. A return to roots 12. Conclusion Appendix I. Technical appendix Appendix II. Life tables Endnotes Bibliography Index.
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Mathematics and property in the seventeenth century 3. Edmond Halley's life table 4. Halley's impact or lack of it 5. De Moivre and his early influence 6. Mathematicians as consultants 7. Mathematicians and early life insurance companies 8. The annuity bubble of the 1760s and 70s 9. The after shocks of the bubble on life annuities 10. Developments in the life insurance industry in the later eighteenth century 11. A return to roots 12. Conclusion Appendix I. Technical appendix Appendix II. Life tables Endnotes Bibliography Index.
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