1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782901303321

Titolo

Modelling longevity dynamics for pensions and annuity business [[electronic resource] /] / Ermanno Pitacco ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-383-04530-5

0-19-160942-0

1-281-98550-3

9786611985509

0-19-156315-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PitaccoErmanno

Disciplina

368.32015118

Soggetti

Life insurance - Mathematics

Mortality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-387) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 1 Life annuities; 2 The basic mortality model; 3 Mortality trends during the 20th century; 4 Forecasting mortality: an introduction; 5 Forecasting mortality: applications and examples of age-period models; 6 Forecasting mortality: applications and examples of age-period-cohort models; 7 The longevity risk: actuarial perspectives; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A text aimed at researchers and postgraduates actuarial science, statistics, and actuarial mathematics providing a comprehensive and detailed description of statistical methods for projecting mortality, and an extensive discussion of some important issues concerning the longevity risk in the area of life annuities and pension benefits. - ;Mortality improvements, uncertainty in future mortality trends and the relevant impact on life annuities and pension plans constitute important topics in the field of actuarial mathematics and life insurance techniques. In particular, actuarial calculations c



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956029603321

Autore

Manzano J

Titolo

The Life and Poems of a Cuban Slave : Juan Francisco Manzano 1797-1854 / / by J. Manzano ; edited by E. Mullen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

9781349502868

1349502863

9781137481382

1137481382

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Afro-Latin@ Diasporas, , 2945-6843

Disciplina

306.3/62097291

Soggetti

Poetry

America - Literatures

Poetry and Poetics

North American Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba; PREFACE; The Slave-Trade Merchant; The Sugar Estate; Life of the Negro Poet; Poems, Written in Slavery, by Juan -; TO DEATH; TO CALUMNY; RELIGION: AN ODE; THIRTY YEARS; THE CUCUYA;  OR FIRE-FLY; THE CLOCK THAT GAINS; THE DREAM; A SPECIMEN OF INEDITED CUBAN POEMS; APPENDIX; In Re, Slave-Trade: Questions Addressed to Senor -- of Havana, by R. R. Madden, and Answers Thereunto of Senor--

Questions Respecting the State of Religion in Cuba, Addressed to Senor *** of the Havana, by R. R. M. and the Answers Given to Them.NECESSITY OF SEPARATING THE IRISH IN AMERICA FROM THE SIN OF SLAVERY; BARTHOLOMEW LAS CASAS; EVILS OF THE CUBAN SLAVE-TRADE; CONDITION OF SLAVES IN CUBA; LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF SLAVES IN CUBA; EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES IN CUBA; GLOSSARY OF CREOLE TERMS IN COMMON USE IN CUBA, AND OF THOSE RELATIVE TO



SLAVERY AND THE TRADE IN SLAVES; MANZANO'S POEMS IN THE ORIGINAL SPANISH; MIS TREINTA AÑOS; EL RELOX ADELANTADO; LA COCUYERA; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a revised second edition of Edward Mullen's landmark scholarly presentation of Juan Francisco Manazo's autobiography and poetry. Taking into account the extensive scholarship that has accrued in the intervening decades, this is an accessible, essential resource for scholars and students of Caribbean literatures.