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Interest Rate Model Risk
because I know there are many companies where the primary goal is to meet the literal requirements of the ... The danger in comparing two models is that, if care isn't taken to parameterize them reasonably consistently ...- Authors: David N Becker, Michael E Mateja, Douglas A George, Peter Fitton
- Date: Jan 1996
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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The Value of the Firm:The Option Adjusted Value of Distributable Earnings
for com- pleteness of the discussion, with the primary focus being on the last two proposals. The first ... ordinary life; • disability income and long term care. The features that create risk include: • cash ...- Authors: David N Becker
- Date: Jan 1999
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
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Practitioners' Forum
my associates and I at Lincoln see that the primary purpose of our work is to provide the best information ... your model is all important. MR. BECKER: The primary purpose of our models is to identify and quantify ...- Authors: David N Becker, Charles D Friedstat, Michael E Mateja, Stephen A J Sedlak
- Date: Sep 1995
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
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The Objective Function of Asset/Liability Management
The Objective Function of Asset/Liability Management This article discusses asset-liability management ... disinvestment issue? Absolutely. Besides the direct rating, Moody’s rating, or Duff & Phelps decisions ...- Authors: David N Becker
- Date: Mar 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Finance & Investments>Economic value
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A Framework for Managing Surplus
A Framework for Managing Surplus This session at the 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium presents a ... convexities of the various asset classes. But care must be taken so that the duration and convexity ...- Authors: David N Becker
- Date: Sep 1998
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments
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Statistical Tests of the Lognormal Distribution as a Basis for Interest Rate Changes
skewness and kurtosis tests are supplemented by direct tests of skewness and kurtosis that are valid at ... An "S" or "K'" also represents a failure of the direct tests of the skewness or kurtosis. The skewness ...- Authors: David N Becker, Douglas Doll, Thomas Herzog, Daniel W Tucker
- Date: Oct 1991
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation
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A Framework for Managing Surplus
A Framework for Managing Surplus A Framework for Managing Surplus by David N. Becker from The ... and convexities of the various asset classes. But care must be taken so that the duration and convexi- ...- Authors: David N Becker
- Date: May 1999
- Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Finance & Investments
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Ask The Experts
Ask The Experts 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium. In this open forum questions were fielded by ... alluded to, if you make the argument that your primary assumption for projecting EGPs is the long-term ...- Authors: David N Becker, Donna Claire, Craig R Raymond, Stephen A J Sedlak
- Date: Jan 1998
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Public Policy
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Use of Cash-Flow Testing in Product Development
Use of Cash-Flow Testing in Product Development 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. ... spreed-to-tressuries. If a different rate were used, then the primary change would be the absolute level of the curves ...- Authors: David N Becker
- Date: Oct 1993
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
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Generating Stochastic Interest Rate Scenarios
Generating Stochastic Interest Rate Scenarios This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting ... model. These quantitative stylized facts have a direct translation into whether we get reasonable results ...- Authors: David N Becker, Michael F Davlin, Gordon E Klein, Mark S Tenney, Craig Merrill
- Date: Oct 1995
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models