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Children 'in need of care' or in need of cash? Questioning social security provisions for orphans in the context of the South African AIDS pandemic [PDF]
, 2003 Joint working paper of the Children's Institute and Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape ...
Budlender, Debbie +3 more
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The life and work of Ernest Sydney Keeping
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract This article reviews the life and contributions of Ernest S. Keeping (1895–1984), a British‐born physicist who became a mathematics professor at the University of Alberta in 1929. He played a pivotal role in shaping the university's Mathematics Department, serving as its head from 1954 to 1961, and continuing to teach until 1970, nine years ...
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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extBatchMarking: An R package for hidden Markov models for extended batch data
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract We describe a new R package for extended batch‐mark methods. Extended batch marking is a valuable and efficient technique for estimating population sizes and survival probabilities of wild animals. It assigns the same identifier to a group of animals simultaneously, allowing researchers to track their survival over time.
Kehinde Olobatuyi +4 more
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Applied SciencesThis study examined the factors influencing student academic performance in the Bachelor of Science (BSc) Actuarial Science programme, focusing on Grade 12 mathematics marks, admission point (AP) scores, socioeconomic background, and progression rates ...
Moeketsi Mosia +3 more
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Modeling and Performance of Bonus-Malus Systems: Stationarity versus Age-Correction
Risks, 2014 In a bonus-malus system in car insurance, the bonus class of a customer is updated from one year to the next as a function of the current class and the number of claims in the year (assumed Poisson).
Søren Asmussen
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Assessing the sustainability performance of life insurers has become increasingly important, as long‐term competitiveness depends not only on financial soundness but also on environmental, social, organizational, and governance‐related capabilities.
Özcan Işık, İbrahim Adalar
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First Quarter Chronicle of COVID-19: An Attempt to Measure Governments’ Responses
Risks, 2020 The crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 revealed the global unpreparedness for handling the impact of a pandemic. In this paper, we present a first quarter chronicle of COVID-19 in Hubei China, Italy and Spain, particularly focusing on infection ...
Şule Şahin +7 more
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Tactical and Strategic Risks From Supply Disruptions in Competing Supply Chains
Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.ABSTRACT Supply chain disruptions can lead to both tactical (i.e., loss of short‐term sales during a disruption) and strategic (i.e., loss of long‐term market share) consequences. We model the impact of a supply disruption on competing supply chains in which two firms compete for a limited backup supply.
Akhil Singla +3 more
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Market valuation in the framework of modern life insurance mathematics
Ekonomski Vjesnik, 2013 In the traditional actuarial life insurance mathematics, liabilities to beneficiaries (technical reserves) are calculated based on conservative assumptions of mortality and interest rates. However, this approach was found to be incomplete since it does
Maja Petrač
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) has set ambitious climate goals, aiming to become the first climate‐neutral continent by 2050, with a focus on achieving net‐zero emissions and advancing United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13. A key component of this transition is the role of green technological innovation, the deployment of clean energy ...
Yue Xu +2 more
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