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Hiv, Aids, Markov Processes, And Health And Disability Insurance, Steven Haberman

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

This paper presents a Markov model of the transmission and development of HIV and AIDS. The Markov model is used to derive functions needed in the calculation of disability insurance premiums, reserves, and cash flows. An application to health insurance and disability insurance is provided.

Discussion Of Brian Jones' "Actuarial Conservatism: Not In Public Sector Defined Benefit Pension Plans", Richard Daskais

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

No abstract provided.

Discussion Of Robert L. Brown's "Recent Canadian Human Rights Decisions Having An Impact On Gender-Based Risk Classification Systems", Patrick Butler

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

This commentary examines the political and economic influence of demographic groups on rationales for granting exemption from laws prohibiting classification by age or sex, as evidenced in the cases discussed by Robert L. Brown. Age is less subject than sex to manipulation for group advantage. In Professor Brown's discussion of auto insurance cases, only the influence of group dominance can explain:

• Selective focus on young drivers;

• Indifference to ongoing overcharging of adult women signaled by undisputed 2:1 ratios of cost-related averages; and

• Avoidance of effective ways to evaluate miles of exposure to risk.

Contrary to Professor Brown's …

Obtaining A Life Table For Spinal Cord Injury Patients Using Information Theory, Patrick L. Brockett, Yun Song

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

We present a mortality table adjustment method based on a constrained information theoretic methodology. The objective is to adjust a standard mortality table to reflect a particular known characteristic of the population while remaining as close as possible to a given standard table. To illustrate these techniques, the medical results concerning survival of spinal cord injury patients are incorporated into a standard table to obtain a mortality table pertinent for paraplegic and quadriplegic individuals. The desired adjusted mortality table can be used by actuaries for special purposes such as wrongful injury damage award compensation calculations and determining life insurance premium …

Financial Management Reform In The Australian Public Sector: Marginalising Public Accountability And Welfare, M. Mccrae, M. Kaidonis

Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers

The reform program revolutionising financial administration and management in the Australian public sector has brought substantial gains in the cost efficiency and effectiveness of operations of both Departmental and non-departmental organisational entities and programs. The instillation of a business or commercial ethos into public service organisations through the adoption of private sector financial management practices, objectives and accountabilities has wrought profound change to the way the public sector 'does business'. But there is strong evidence that the commercialisation of public sector financial administration has also 'commercialised' public sector accountability and attitudes towards public service and infrastructure provision. This article examines …

Models Of Inflation & The Costs Of Disinflation, Ahmed Gad Kamaly

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Farming Sector Finance In Australia, G. Gniewosz

Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers

This paper develops a model from an ex-post borrowers perspective and then tests it for all main providers of Australian rural finance. The regression results reveal that the hypothesised five-variables model is generally valid for the banking sector. The models for Finance Companies and Other Government reduced to a two-variables model each, while Total Sources reduced to a three-variables model. The five-variables model was not confirmed for Insurance Companies and was not further analysed as this source has declined to an insignificant level. The results of all models indicate that, irrespective of the source of finance, the rural industry is …

Journal Of Actuarial Practice, Volume 3, No.1, 1995, Colin Ramsay , Editor

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

ARTICLES

Life Insurer Risk-Based Capital: An Option Pricing Approach • Samuel H. Cox and Arthur M.s. Hogan

Surveillance of Life Insurer Solvency: A Comparison of Stock and The Multiple Scenario Cash Flow Financial Stress Tests • Ronald W. Spahr and Paul L. Gronewolier

HIV, AIDS, Markov Processes, and Health and Disability Insurance • Steven Haberman

Obtaining a Life Table for Spinal Cord Injury Patients Using Information Theory • Patrick L. Brockett and Yun Song

Simulation of Investment Returns for a Money Purchase Fund • M. Zaki Khorasanee

Decision Making Under Conflicting Criteria In Pension Valuations: An Expected Utility Model • …

Actuarial Conservatism: Not In Public Sector Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Brian A. Jones

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

Most actuaries tend to be conservative, and most, including this writer, probably would be happy to be so categorized. But actuarial conservatism may not be the best rule in defined benefit public sector pension plans. This paper argues that it is not appropriate for actuaries to employ conservatism assumptions in such public sector plans.

Discussion Of Leonard T. Guarini And Edward P. Lotkowski's "Model Year Rating For Automobile Liability And Injury Coverages", Mohammed Q. Ashab

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

No abstract provided.

Model Year Rating For Automobile Liability And Injury Coverages, Leonard T. Guarini, Edward P. Lotkowski

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

This paper is intended to stimulate further research and discussion on the validity and utility of model year rating for personal automobile coverages other than physical damage. Using data from a single insurer and some elementary statistical techniques, we provide evidence supporting model year as a classification variable for automobile liability and injury coverages.

Life Insurer Risk-Based Capital: An Option Pricing Approach, Samuel H. Cox, Arthur M.B. Hogan

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

This paper uses an option pricing framework to estimate life insurer risk-based capital. Stock market data and statutory asset and liability data are used to calculate the implied level of statutory risk-based capital for each of 18 insurers. We calculate the level of risk-based capital required to avoid subsidy from the guaranty fund. Our results suggest that less capital is required than that required under the New York actuarial risk-based capital formula. Firm rankings, however, are similar under both methods, although the methods are not directly comparable. We also determine the level of capital required if the subsidy provided to …

Recent Canadian Human Rights Decisions Having An Impact On Gender-Based Risk Classification Systems, Robert L. Brown

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

With the passage of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on April 17, 1982, all previous court precedents using gender in risk classification systems became obsolete. Three cases involving issues of discrimination in the use of age and gender now clarify the position of the Canadian judiciary. Based on the decisions in these three cases, this paper presents arguments that can be used in any jurisdiction to defend successfully the use of gender in a property /casualty risk classification system.

Quantifying Time Value Errors, George A. Mangiero, Susan M. Mangiero

WCBT Faculty Publications

Focuses on the quantification of the magnitude of error when the mathematical function for present value is ignored and interpolation is used to determine the discount factor in the time valuation of cash flows. Length of discounting period; Linear interpolation between table present value factors for periodic interest rate and same interest rate plus one per cent; Sensitivity of maximum error timing to interest rate.

Foxes And Hen Houses?: Personal Trading By Mutual Fund Managers, Edward B. Rock

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Analysis Of U.S. Housing Demand For The 1990s, Mark Eppli, Monty J. Childs

Finance Faculty Research and Publications

We analyze the effect of changes in type of household formation (i.e., single person, single parent, married couple, etc.) on the demand for housing and segment income by household type to determine housing tenure. Using data disaggregated by household type, we forecast housing demand for the United States through the turn ofthe century. The results indicate that total housing demand for the decade will be 11.8 million units, of which 8.1 million will be owner-occupied and 3.7 million will be renter-occupied.