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An exploration of the immunization approach to provision for unit-linked policies with guarantees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

T. P. Collins
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1.1. This paper explores the possibility that a company which sells unit-linked policies with death and maturity benefit guarantees may follow an investment strategy which reduces the risks associated with them. It originated when the author was requested by the Institute to study papers on the subject by P. P. Boyle, M. J. Brennan and E. S. Schwartz of the University of British Columbia in Canada and also a paper presented to the Society of Actuaries in Ireland by J. C. Fagan.

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 109 , Issue 2 , September 1982 , pp. 241 - 284
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1982

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