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History of British actuarial thought / Craig Turnbull.
Lippincott Library HG9057 .T87 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turnbull, Craig.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Actuarial science--Great Britain--History.
- Actuarial science.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 345 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
- Contents:
- Probability and life contingencies, 1650-1750: the first one hundred years
- Revolutionary developments between 1750 and 1810
- Life from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second World War
- A brief history of financial economics for actuaries
- Life offices after the Second World War: the underwriting and management of financial market risk (1952-2004)
- British actuarial thought in defined benefit pensions (1905-1997)
- British actuarial thought in general insurance (1851-1994)
- Conclusions: looking back, looking forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-336) and index.
- ISBN:
- 3319331825
- 9783319331829
- OCLC:
- 945745475
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