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Interpolating the South African Yield Curve using Principal-Components. Analysis: A Descriptive Approach 用主成分插值南非收益率曲线。分析:描述性方法
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South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24488
A. Maitland
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引用次数: 12
What actuaries might learn about life 精算师对生活有什么了解
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24485
A. Asher
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引用次数: 3
Risk-position reporting in the South African life-insurance industry 南非人寿保险行业的风险头寸报告
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South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24483
A. Dardis
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引用次数: 5
The Management of Risk by Burial Societies in South Africa 南非墓葬协会的风险管理
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24487
R. Thomson, D. Posel
{"title":"The Management of Risk by Burial Societies in South Africa","authors":"R. Thomson, D. Posel","doi":"10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24487","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the ways in which burial societies mitigate the risks associated with funerals that would otherwise devolve on the members of those societies, and on their families. It considers members' perceptions of the risks faced by the burial societies themselves. It explores the ways in which burial societies develop community and establish trust. It investigates the procedures that have been developed by burial societies, on the basis of the trust so established, for the management of their risks. Finally, it considers problems relating to the insurance of mortality risks in the burial society movement. KEYWORDS Burial societies; mutual assistance schemes; funeral insurance; assistance business; social capital; risk management (South African Actuarial Journal: 2002 2: 83-127)","PeriodicalId":40732,"journal":{"name":"South African Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70613904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 31
Managing actuaries' professional risk 管理精算师的职业风险
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24484
M. Lowther, J. Mort
{"title":"Managing actuaries' professional risk","authors":"M. Lowther, J. Mort","doi":"10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAAJ.V2I1.24484","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a new concept, of vital importance to actuaries, which the authors have named 'managing actuaries' professional risk'. Much has been written on the constituent elements of legal causation, risk management, indemnity insurance and professional conduct standards. This paper envisages an integration of these elements using the profession's own guidelines for risk analysis and management for projects (RAMP). Actuaries are experts in risk applications for clients-in an increasingly litigious society, they need to apply their expertise in their own back yard.KEYWORDS Professionalism; professional risk; risk management; professional indemnity insurance. (South African Actuarial Journal: 2002 2: 29-52)","PeriodicalId":40732,"journal":{"name":"South African Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70613218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
The fall of the bamboo curtain : a review of complementary medicine in South Africa 竹帘的落下:南非补充医学综述
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2001-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24491
Ks Caldis, H. McLeod, Preston Smith
{"title":"The fall of the bamboo curtain : a review of complementary medicine in South Africa","authors":"Ks Caldis, H. McLeod, Preston Smith","doi":"10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24491","url":null,"abstract":"This paper considers the increased interest in and usage of complementary medicine. The movement is being led worldwide, not by healthcare professionals or the funders of healthcare, but by consumers. In South Africa, a pilot study was undertaken in 1999 to identify existing sources of data and collate information as an initial baseline of the practice of and interest in complementary medicine. The paper summarises the findings of that study. The legal framework for the practice of complementary medicine in South Africa is described, the range of therapies is given and the number of practitioners is estimated. First indications of the use by consumers and the coverage by medical schemes are reported. An introduction to the status of African traditional medicine is given. Resources for the actuary wishing to gain more understanding of this consumer-driven movement are suggested.","PeriodicalId":40732,"journal":{"name":"South African Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70613216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
PARAMETERISATION OF EXPECTED RESIDUAL LIFETIME AFTER SEROCONVERSION IN A UGANDAN SAMPLE POPULATION 乌干达样本人群血清转化后预期剩余寿命的参数化
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2001-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24490
Daniel Polakow, T. Dunne, J. Whitworth
{"title":"PARAMETERISATION OF EXPECTED RESIDUAL LIFETIME AFTER SEROCONVERSION IN A UGANDAN SAMPLE POPULATION","authors":"Daniel Polakow, T. Dunne, J. Whitworth","doi":"10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24490","url":null,"abstract":"The consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa are expected to be considerable. A great deal of what is presently known about the HIV/AIDS epidemic has originated from studies in Europe or the Americas, or from urban African contexts. In contrast, the majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa infected with the virus will live in rural communities. It is important that demographic information be obtained for this rural African environment. This contribution is aimed at investigation and verification of HIV-1 mortality patterns in a rural African context. The authors examine eight years of incident HIV mortality data arising from the Masaka district in Uganda. These data are bivariate and of a type termed doubly censored. The authors explore the non-parametric procedures required for estimation of self-consistent patterns using doubly censored data. Information on age and gender is also incorporated into the analyses. The results are parameterised using a range of survival probability models. The Gompertz probability model provides a reasonable emulation of eight years of empirical underlying hazard, over all age classes, and can be considered as a reasonable first approximation to the HIV/AIDS mortality model for the phenomenon and context of this study. The results also indicate that expected time to death at seroconversion is appreciably affected by age at seroconversion. Extrapolation of these mortality patterns into the future will, however, necessarily remain unsubstantiated until further data become available and the ability to generalise these findings to other contexts remains a subject worthy of further study.","PeriodicalId":40732,"journal":{"name":"South African Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70613204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
An Empirical Approach to Immunization in South Africa 南非免疫接种的经验方法
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2001-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24493
A. Maitland
{"title":"An Empirical Approach to Immunization in South Africa","authors":"A. Maitland","doi":"10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24493","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an empirical approach to immunizing South African nominal liabilities in the presence of non-parallel yield-curve shifts. The results are compared with immunization strategies based on Fisher-Weil duration and illustrate the value in immunizing against non-parallel shifts. KEYWORDS: Immunization; South Africa; principal components; nominal liabilities; arbitrage South African Actuarial Journal: 2001 1: 119-138","PeriodicalId":40732,"journal":{"name":"South African Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70613259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 6
The appropriate disposal of retirement fund surpluses 妥善处置退休基金盈余
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2001-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24489
A. Asher
{"title":"The appropriate disposal of retirement fund surpluses","authors":"A. Asher","doi":"10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24489","url":null,"abstract":"This paper attempts to clarify the different paradigms from which defined benefit funds are viewed, and the financial nature of the contracts implicit in their rules. Suggestions are made as to the principles that trustees might follow in applying the surpluses for the benefit of stakeholders. KEYWORDS: Pension funds; surpluses; defined benefit; fiduciary duties South African Actuarial Journal: 2001 1: 1-34","PeriodicalId":40732,"journal":{"name":"South African Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70613195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
The use and abuse of reinsurance in medical schemes 医疗计划中再保险的使用和滥用
IF 0.2
South African Actuarial Journal Pub Date : 2001-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24492
H. Mcleod, P. Slattery, A. V. D. Heever
{"title":"The use and abuse of reinsurance in medical schemes","authors":"H. Mcleod, P. Slattery, A. V. D. Heever","doi":"10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAAJ.V1I1.24492","url":null,"abstract":"An investigation by the regulatory authorities into the use of reinsurance by medical schemes indicated clear problems with reinsurance agreements and cases where the contracts were resulting in substantial losses for members of schemes. It was shown that a number of cases reinsurance had become a conduit for systematically removing surplus from medical schemes. Thus undermining the security of members of those schemes. This paper summarises the key features of the investigation into the use of reinsurance by medical schemes over the period 1996 to 1999. The paper then outlines the actions taken by the regulatory authorities. The specific areas of abuse are described and the conduct of trustees, brokers, administrators and insurance companies is discussed. This leads to the question of the professional responsibilities of actuaries in the design and implementation of these arrangements. KEYWORDS: Medical schemes; reinsurance; regulation; professionalism, trustee responsibility South African Actuarial Journal: 2001 1: 95-118","PeriodicalId":40732,"journal":{"name":"South African Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70613248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 7
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