Actuarial Science (7 results)

Contemporary half leather binding with title gilt on spine. Binding a bit chafed, one fold-out plate repaired, else very good. Please see description or ask for photos.

Contemporary half leather binding with title gilt on spine. Binding a bit chafed, first quire loose, else very good. Please see description or ask for photos.

Gleichzeitig auch Bd. 6 der "Festschrift in Honor of Professor V. M. Joshi's 70th Birthday"; mit Beiträgen von James C. Hickman, Esther Portnoy, Hans U. Gerber, N. U. Prabhu, R. M. Dummer, Elias W. Shiu, S. Broverman, D. S. Rudd u.a.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1310. . 1993. Paperback. . . . .

Condition: New. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1310. . 1993. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Contemporary full leather binding, but binding rather chafed and both front- and backsides loose, spine ends damaged. With some labels / stamps of an insurance company library, else contents (very) good. Interesting book in need of rebinding. Please see description or ask for photos.

First Edition. Sammelband. Octavo (22.5cm); cloth covers, containing eleven bound pamphlets, offprints, and extracts. Thin cracks to endpapers at front hinge; one bound article trimmed close at bottom edge; a sound, Very Good volume. Moir (1870-1937) was a leading figure in the insurance industry both in his native Great Britain and in the United States, to which he emigrated in 1901. He was President of the United States Life Insurance Company ("U.S. Life") from 1922 to 1936. He was also a noted bibliophile, especially known for his exptertise on Robert Burns. This volume, apparently bound for Moir himself, contains ten of his own actuarial works, including: 1. On the rationale of Discounted-Bonus Premiums (Prize Essay). Read before the Institute of Actuaries, 31 December 1900. [Edinburgh: 1900]. Marked in ink on front cover: "Own Copy." 2. Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries. No. 2 - Vol. 1: "First Year's Risk" - by Henry Moir, F.F.A., F.I.A., with Abstract of Discussion thereon. London: 1902. 3. Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries. Vol. II - No. 19: "Office Premiums. By Henry Moir.with Abstract of discussion thereon." London: 1905. 4. Reassurance of Surplus Risks. Reprinted from "The Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America," October, 1902. Offprint. [New York: 1902] 5. Group Valuation and Mortality Register. Reprinted from "Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America," October, 1905. Offprint. [New York: 1905] 6. Relationship of Initial Expenses and Selection to Valuation. [Transactions of the International Congress, 1904]. Trimmed close at bottom edge, costing a few characters but no loss of sense. 7. The Recent Amendments to the Insurance Laws of New York. Reprinted from the Insurance Monitor, April, 1906. Offprint. 8. [Extract from] Principles and Practice of Life Insurance. Seventh Edition. New York, 1906. Extracts Moir's contributions to the 7th edition of the American Bible of Life Insurance; includes his Introduction, the section of "Definitions and Explanations of Life Insurance Phraseology," the chapter "Scientific Principles of Life Insurance," and Index. 9. "Purchase and Sale of Policies of Assurance," (in) The Accountants' Magazine, no.38 (August 1900). Edingurgh: 1900. 10. Our American Cousins. Reprinted from Caledonian Jottings, October 1, 1902. Offprint. [Edinburgh: 1902]. 11. "Actuaries on Pleasure Bent" (in) Caledonian Jottings: for Private Circulation Among the Officers & Agents of the Caledonian Insurance Co., 1st April, 1904. [Edinburgh: 1904].…