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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:
- Coulter, Amber. Money Missing from Faculty Insurance Fund
- Coulter, Amber. Parking Initiative to Begin
- Brandenburg, Katie. Four People Receive Positive Results in TB Skin Tests – Tuberculosis
- Teague, Hawkins. ‘Simpsons’ Star Nancy Cartwright Keeps Audience Laughing
- McNamara, Andrew. Bomb Threat Causes Evacuation – Mass Media & Technology Hall (WKU)
- Equilibrium Point – Enrollment
- Ashby, Robert. A Man’s Perspective – Girls Gone Wild
- Dillon, Ryan. Girls Gone Stupid
- Salsman, Andrew. Rest Room Usage 101
- Richardson, Kelly. Gary Ransdell Appointed to Equine Education Board
- Caudle, Leah. Exhibit …
Generation Rn, 10/4/2005, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Generation Rn, 10/4/2005, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
An article about Generation RN from October 4, 2005.
Newsletter: Community Matters, United Way Of Northeast Florida
Newsletter: Community Matters, United Way Of Northeast Florida
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Letter: Miami Children’S Hospital Foundation Nomination Letter To Bcbsf, Robin Reiter-Faragalli
Letter: Miami Children’S Hospital Foundation Nomination Letter To Bcbsf, Robin Reiter-Faragalli
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Recognized For Community Leadership, 6/20/2005, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Recognized For Community Leadership, 6/20/2005, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
A news release About BCBSF being recognized for community Leadership from June 20, 2005.
Optimal Insurance Brokerage Commission, Arthur Hau
Optimal Insurance Brokerage Commission, Arthur Hau
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
This paper studies a principal-agent insurance brokerage problem with a risk-averse principal (an insured) and a risk-neutral agent(a broker). The concept of “mean-preserving spread-reducing effort” is introduced to delineate the broker's activities. Using the first-order approach, it is shown that under some common conditions, the insured may “concavify” the reward function to induce the risk-neutral agent to exert MPSR brokering effort. Surprisingly, these conditions together with an additional condition guarantee the validity of the first-order approach even when the monotone likelihood ratio condition (used exclusively to justify the first-order approach) is violated. The case with a risk-averse agent is also …
July 2005 Blue Cross And Blue Shield Executive Directory, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
July 2005 Blue Cross And Blue Shield Executive Directory, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
July 2005 executive directory printed by the BlueCross and BlueShield Association. Includes attached August 19, 2005 memo from Bob Lufrano to Distribution, regarding Blue Cross and Blue Shield Executive Directory.
Letter: To Colleague From Susan Towler Concerning The Sapphire Awards, With Attached Information About The Sapphire Award, Susan Towler
Letter: To Colleague From Susan Towler Concerning The Sapphire Awards, With Attached Information About The Sapphire Award, Susan Towler
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Event Program: 17th Annual Women Of Distinction, Girl Scouts Of Gateway Council
Event Program: 17th Annual Women Of Distinction, Girl Scouts Of Gateway Council
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Is Exchange Risk Priced Beyond Intertemporal Risk?, Ines Chaieb, Stefano Mazzoto, Oumar Sy
Is Exchange Risk Priced Beyond Intertemporal Risk?, Ines Chaieb, Stefano Mazzoto, Oumar Sy
Faculty and Research Publications
Recent conditional tests show that exchange risk is priced in integrated international markets. However, these results are typically obtained assuming that intertemporal risk does not matter. We test an intertemporal international asset-pricing model where the investment opportunity set is dynamic. Using a conditional orthogonalization approach, we investigate whether the exchange risk is priced once the market and intertemporal risks are fully taken into account. We find that, in addition to the market and intertemporal risks, the exchange risk is an important determinant of risk premium. We also find that the intertemporal risk, which is often overlooked in the literature, is …
News Release: “Grant To Provide Medication Assistance To We Care Network Patients”, The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida
News Release: “Grant To Provide Medication Assistance To We Care Network Patients”, The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Game Face Gala-Save The Date Card- Jacksonville Museum Of Modern Art, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Game Face Gala-Save The Date Card- Jacksonville Museum Of Modern Art, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
A save the date card for the Game Face Gala at the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art.
The Effects Of Malpractice Tort Reform On Defensive Medicine, Heather M. O'Neill, Katherine D. Hennesy
The Effects Of Malpractice Tort Reform On Defensive Medicine, Heather M. O'Neill, Katherine D. Hennesy
Business and Economics Faculty Publications
Medical malpractice crises occur across states to differing degrees, thus the proposed changes in state tort reforms differ accordingly. The primary overt goals of tort reform aim to address: rising medical malpractice insurance rates, increased frequency and severity of awards, and the increased incidence of doctors shuttering offices or fleeing states due to untoward malpractice environments. A secondary goal of tort reform is to reduce health care costs attributed to malpractice costs. Clearly, as malpractice tort reforms are debated in state capitols and reforms take place, the effects of the reforms on the goals above can be examined. However, there …
Journal Of Actuarial Practice - Volume 12 (2005) - Contents And Masthead
Journal Of Actuarial Practice - Volume 12 (2005) - Contents And Masthead
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
Contents
Editorial Policy: Topics suitable for this journal include AIDS, annuity products, asset-liability matching, cash-flow testing, casualty rate making, credibility theory, credit insurance, disability insurance, expense analysis, experience studies, FASB issues, financial reporting, group insurance, health insurance, individual risk taking, insurance regulations, international issues, investments, liability insurance, loss reserves, marketing, pensions, pricing issues, product development, reinsurance, reserving issues, risk-based capital, risk theory, social insurance, solvency issues, taxation, valuation issues, and workers' compensation
Review Process
Editor - Colin Ramsay, University of Nebraska
Associate Editors: Robert Brown, University of Waterloo ○ Cecil Bykerk, Mutual of Omaha ○ Ruy Cardoso, Actuarial Frameworks ○ …
Journal Of Actuarial Practice, Volume 12, 2005, Colin Ramsay , Editor
Journal Of Actuarial Practice, Volume 12, 2005, Colin Ramsay , Editor
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
ARTICLES
Risk-Based Regulatory Capital for Insurers: A Case Study • Christian Sutherland-Wong and Michael Sherris 5
A New Hybrid Defined Benefit Plan Design • Wayne E. Dydo . 47
A Primer on Duration, Convexity, and Immunization • Leslaw Gajek, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, and Hans-Joachim Zwiesler 59
Modeling Clusters of Extreme Losses • Beatriz Vaz de Melo Mendes and Juliana Sa Freire de Lima 83
Modeling Insurance Loss Data: The Log-EIG Distribution • Uditha Balasooriya, Chan Kee Low, and Adrian Y W Wong 101
A Modern Approach to Modeling Insurances on Two Lives • Maria Bilikova and Graham Luffrum 127
On the …
A Modern Approach To Modeling Insurances On Two Lives, Maria Bilikova, Graham Luffrum
A Modern Approach To Modeling Insurances On Two Lives, Maria Bilikova, Graham Luffrum
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
The analysis of life insurance contracts on two lives using the traditional deterministic approach has been an important part of actuarial education for the past fifty years or more. Recently there has been a shift from this deterministic approach to one using a more modern stochastic approach involving the future lifetime random variable. In this paper we will look at the problem using multiple-state models. In our view this approach allows a deeper analysis than either the traditional or the random future lifetime ones.
A New Hybrid Defined Benefit Plan Design, Wayne E. Dydo
A New Hybrid Defined Benefit Plan Design, Wayne E. Dydo
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
Traditional defined benefit plans can be difficult to understand and complex to administer. Hybrid plans (cash balance and pension equity) arose in part to address the former issue, but at a price of greater administrative and litigation risk. I introduce a design for defined benefit pension plans that is easy to communicate to participants, allows for accrual patterns that closely replicate those of the two most common forms of hybrid pension plans, and avoids the controversial nondiscrimination issues that currently trouble sponsors of hybrid plans. The design defines the benefit as a fixed percentage of pay payable over a period …
Optimal Dividend Strategies: Some Economic Interpretations For The Constant Barrier Case, Maite Marmol, M. Merce Claramunt, Antonio Alegre
Optimal Dividend Strategies: Some Economic Interpretations For The Constant Barrier Case, Maite Marmol, M. Merce Claramunt, Antonio Alegre
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
We consider the surplus process of a non-life insurance portfolio with a dividend component represented by a constant dividend barrier strategy. The optimal dividend barrier is known when individual claim amounts follow an exponential distribution. This result for the optimal dividend barrier is used to develop combinations of the levels of the insurer's initial surplus and of the barrier which, under certain economic and financial criteria, can be regarded as optimal.
Risk-Based Regulatory Capital For Insurers: A Case Study, Christian Sutherland-Wong, Michael Sherris
Risk-Based Regulatory Capital For Insurers: A Case Study, Christian Sutherland-Wong, Michael Sherris
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
We study the issues in determining regulatory capital requirements using advanced modeling by assessing and comparing capital requirements under the two alternative approaches. A dynamic financial analysis (DFA) model is used for this case study. These issues are of current international interest as regulators, insurers, and actuaries face the significant issues involved with the introduction of risk-based capital for insurers.
On The Pricing Of Top And Drop Excess Of Loss Covers, Jean-Francois Walhin, Michel Denuit
On The Pricing Of Top And Drop Excess Of Loss Covers, Jean-Francois Walhin, Michel Denuit
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
A top and drop cover is a treaty that can be found on the retrocession market. It offers capacity that can be used either to protect a top layer or a working layer. The former is called a "top" and the latter is called a "drop." Using the traditional collective risk model, we demonstrate the use of a multivariate version of Panjer's algorithm to price this cover. We also compare the premium obtained within the exact model with the premiums obtained either with the Frechet bounds or with the wrong assumption of independence.
Ultimate Ruin Probability For A Time-Series Risk Model With Dependent Classes Of Insurance Business, Lai Mei Wan, Kam Chuen Yuen, Wai Keung Li
Ultimate Ruin Probability For A Time-Series Risk Model With Dependent Classes Of Insurance Business, Lai Mei Wan, Kam Chuen Yuen, Wai Keung Li
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
We consider a discrete-time risk model with m (m ~ 2) dependent classes of insurance business. The claim processes of these m classes are assumed to follow a multivariate autoregressive time-series model of order 1. Given this claims model, we explore the probability of ultimate ruin assuming exponentially bounded claims. As an example, we use simulations to study the case where there are two business and the underlying losses are of two types: bivariate exponential and bivariate gamma claim distributions.
Outline: “The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida: 2005 Annual Plan And Budget Goals & Strategies", The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida
Outline: “The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida: 2005 Annual Plan And Budget Goals & Strategies", The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Application: The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida Request For Proposals Summer 2005, The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida
Application: The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida Request For Proposals Summer 2005, The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Flyer: “A Report To The Northwest Florida Community”, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Flyer: “A Report To The Northwest Florida Community”, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
No abstract provided.
Los Centrus De Envenenamiento De La Florida-Prevencion De Envenenamiento Libro De Actividades, Poison Control Center Florida- Poison Prevention Activity Book, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Los Centrus De Envenenamiento De La Florida-Prevencion De Envenenamiento Libro De Actividades, Poison Control Center Florida- Poison Prevention Activity Book, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.
Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials
A Spanish version of a Poison Prevention Activity book from Poison Control Center Florida from 2005.
A Primer On Duration, Convexity, And Immunization, Leslaw Gajek, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Hans-Joachim Zwiesler
A Primer On Duration, Convexity, And Immunization, Leslaw Gajek, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Hans-Joachim Zwiesler
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
The concepts of duration, convexity, and immunization are fundamental tools of asset-liability management. This paper provides a theoretical and practical overview of the concepts, largely missing in the existing literature on the subject, and fills some holes in the body of research on the subject. We not present new research, but rather we provide a new presentation of the underlying theory, which we believe to be of value in the new North American actuarial education system.
Modeling Clusters Of Extreme Losses, Beatriz Vaz De Melo Mendes, Juliana Sa Freire De Lima
Modeling Clusters Of Extreme Losses, Beatriz Vaz De Melo Mendes, Juliana Sa Freire De Lima
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
We model extreme losses from an excess of loss reinsurance contract under the assumption of the existence of a subordinated process generating sequences of large claims. We characterize clusters of extreme losses and aggregate the excess losses within clusters. The number of clusters is modeled using the usual discrete probability models, and the severity of the sum of excesses within clusters is modeled using a flexible extension of the generalized Pareto distribution. We illustrate the methodology using a Danish fire insurance claims data set. Maximum likelihood point estimates and bootstrap confidence intervals are obtained for the parameters and statistical premium. …
Modeling Insurance Loss Data: The Log-Eig Distribution, Uditha Balasooriya, Chan Kee Low, Adrian Y.W. Wong
Modeling Insurance Loss Data: The Log-Eig Distribution, Uditha Balasooriya, Chan Kee Low, Adrian Y.W. Wong
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
The log-EIG distribution was recently introduced to the probability literature. It has positive support and a moderately long tail, and is closer to the lognormal than to the gamma or Weibull distributions. Our simulations show that data generated from a log-EIG distribution cannot be adequately described by lognormal, gamma, or Weibull distributions. The log-EIG distribution is a worthwhile candidate for modeling insurance claims (loss) data or lifetime data. Examples of fitting the log-EIG to published insurance claims data are given.
Reputation Pricing: A Model For Valuing Future Life Insurance Policies, Rami Yosef
Reputation Pricing: A Model For Valuing Future Life Insurance Policies, Rami Yosef
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
The reputation of a life insurer is used to develop a model for determining the value of future life insurance policies. An M / G / 00 process is used to describe the sales and terminations (due to death or maturity) of future policies. The intensity of the arrival process is assumed to depend on the company's reputation. Explicit expressions are derived for the actuarial reserves and expected profits of these future policies.
An Application Of Control Theory To The Individual Aggregate Cost Method, Alexandros A. Zimbidis, Steven Haberman
An Application Of Control Theory To The Individual Aggregate Cost Method, Alexandros A. Zimbidis, Steven Haberman
Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)
The paper investigates the individual aggregate cost method (also known as the individual spread-gain method), which is normally applicable in small pension funds or fully contributory schemes, using a control theoretical framework. We construct the difference equations describing the mechanisms of the respective funding method and then calculate the optimal control path of the contribution rate assuming (first) a stochastic and (second) a deterministic pattern for the future investment rates of return. For the first case, the optimal solution is achieved through a linear approximation and using stochastic optimization techniques. It is proved that the contribution rate is (optimally) controlled …