A History of British Actuarial Thought

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Turnbull, Craig (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Θέματα: Finance.; Banks and banking.; Insurance.; Risk management.; Capital market.; Finance > History.; Economics, Mathematical.; Financial History.; Risk Management.; Capital Markets.; Banking.; Quantitative Finance.

In the first book of its kind, Turnbull traces the development and implementation of actuarial ideas, from the conception of Equitable Life in the mid-18th century to the start of the 21stcentury. This book analyses the historical development of British actuarial thought in each of its three main pr...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part One: Probability and Life Contingencies, 1650 – 1750: The First One Hundred Years
• Part Two: Revolutionary Developments between 1750 and 1810
• Part Three: Life from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second World War
• Part Four: A Brief History of Financial Economics for Actuaries
• Part Four: A Brief History of Financial Economics for Actuaries
• Part Six: British Actuarial Thought in Defined Benefit Pensions (1905 – 1997)
• Part Seven: British Actuarial Thought in General Insurance (1851 – 1994)
• Conclusions: Looking Back, Looking Forward.